bowdlerize
[ bohd-luh-rahyz, boud- ]
/ ˈboʊd ləˌraɪz, ˈbaʊd- /
verb (used with object), bowd·ler·ized, bowd·ler·iz·ing.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
Also
especially British,
bowd·ler·ise.
Origin of bowdlerize
1830–40; after Thomas
Bowdler (1754–1825), English editor of an expurgated edition of Shakespeare
OTHER WORDS FROM bowdlerize
bowd·ler·ism, noun bowd·ler·i·za·tion, noun bowd·ler·iz·er, noun un·bowd·ler·ized, adjectiveWords nearby bowdlerize
bow window,
bow-iron,
bow-wow,
bowditch,
bowditch's law,
bowdlerize,
bowdlerizing,
bowed,
bowel,
bowel bypass,
bowel bypass syndrome
British Dictionary definitions for bowdlerism
bowdlerize
bowdlerise
/ (ˈbaʊdləˌraɪz) /
verb
(tr)
to remove passages or words regarded as indecent from (a play, novel, etc); expurgate
Derived forms of bowdlerize
bowdlerization or bowdlerisation, noun bowdlerizer or bowdleriser, noun bowdlerism, nounWord Origin for bowdlerize
C19: after Thomas
Bowdler (1754–1825), English editor who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare