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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—O

Orgon

Brother-in-law of Tartuffe. His credulity is proverbial: he almost disbelieved his senses, and saw everyone and everything through the couleur de rose of his own honest heart. (Moliére: Tartuffe.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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