BOWDLERIZE


Meaning of BOWDLERIZE in English

transitive verb (-ized; -izing) Etymology: Thomas Bowdler died 1825 English editor Date: 1836 to expurgate (as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar, to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content, bowdlerization noun ~r noun

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