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Synonyms for bowdlerize


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bohd-luh-rahyz, boud-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈboʊd ləˌraɪz, ˈbaʊd-



Définition of bowdlerize

Origin :
  • 1836, from Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), English editor who in 1818 published a notorious expurgated Shakespeare, in which, according to his frontispiece, "nothing is added to the original text; but those words and expressions omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family." Related: Bowdlerized; bowdlerizing.
  • verb censor
Example sentences :
  • I have no wish to bowdlerize Sir Richard Steele, his ways and words.
  • Extract from : « Essays » by Alice Meynell
  • She should not be allowed to disguise and bowdlerize it to suit the unwelcome tastes she had acquired at school.
  • Extract from : « Joanna Godden » by Sheila Kaye-Smith
  • This is called "expurgating" the book; but people who disapprove often call it to bowdlerize.
  • Extract from : « Stories That Words Tell Us » by Elizabeth O'Neill

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