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
- 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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