English
Alternative spellings
bowdlerize (US)
Etymology
From w:Thomas Bowdler|Thomas Bowdler who in 1818 published a censored version of Shakespeare, expurgating "...those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family."
Verb
en-verb|bowdleris|ing
- To remove those parts considered offensive, vulgar or adult in nature.
#: the bowdlerised version of the text, while free of vulgarity, was also free of flavour
Derived terms
bowdlerisation
bowdleriser
bowdlerism
See also
censor
expunge
expurgate
Category:English eponyms
vi:bowdlerise
zh:bowdlerise
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