9 Results for bowdler
หรือค้นหา: -bowdler-, *bowdler*

WordNet (3.0)
bowdler(n) English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825), Syn. Thomas Bowdler
bowdlerism(n) censorship in the form of prudish expurgation
bowdlerization(n) written material that has been bowdlerized, Syn. bowdlerisation
bowdlerization(n) the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent, Syn. bowdlerisation
bowdlerize(v) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate, Syn. castrate, expurgate, bowdlerise, shorten, Example: bowdlerize a novel

Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
bowdlerisation

n. the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent.
Syn. -- bowdlerization, expurgation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

bowdlerise

v. same as bowdlerize.
Syn. -- bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten, cut. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

bowdlerization

n. the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent.
Syn. -- bowdlerisation, expurgation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Bowdlerize

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bowdlerized p. pr. & vb. n. Bowdlerizing ] [ After Dr. Thomas Bowdler, an English physician, who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818. ] To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive; to remove morally objectionable parts; -- said of literary texts.
Syn. -- bowdlerise, expurgate, shorten, cut. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

It is a grave defect in the splendid tale of Tom Jones . . . that a Bowdlerized version of it would be hardly intelligible as a tale. F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Bowd`ler*i*za"tion n. -- Bowd"ler*ism n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]


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