English-Thai Dictionary

bowdlerize

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BOWDLERIZE

Bowd "ler *ize, 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.]

 

Defn: To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive.

 

It is a grave defect in the splendid tale of Tom Jones. .. that a Bowlderized version of it would be hardly intelligible as a tale. F. Harrison.

 

-- Bowd `ler *i *za "tion (#), n. --Bowd "ler *ism (#), n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bowdlerize

bowd ler ize |ˈbōdləˌrīz, ˈboud- ˈbaʊdləˌraɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account ), esp. with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective: (as adj. bowdlerized ) : a bowdlerized version of the story. DERIVATIVES bowd ler ism |-ˌrizəm |noun, bowd ler i za tion |ˌbōdləriˈzāSHən, ˌboud- |noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the name of Dr. Thomas Bowdler (1754 –1825 ), who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818, + -ize .

 

Oxford Dictionary

bowdlerize

bowdlerize |ˈbaʊdlərʌɪz |(also bowdlerise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account ), especially with the result that the text becomes weaker or less effective: (as adj. bowdlerized ) : a bowdlerized version of the story. DERIVATIVES bowdlerism noun, bowdlerization |-ˈzeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the name of Dr Thomas Bowdler (1754 –1825 ), who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818, + -ize .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bowdlerize

bowdlerize verb the English translation was bowdlerized beyond recognition: expurgate, censor, blue-pencil, cut, edit; purge, sanitize, water down; informal clean up.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bowdlerize

bowdlerize verb he crossed out the expletives in Sheridan and bowdlerized ‘Macbeth ’: expurgate, censor, blue-pencil, cut, edit, redact; make cuts to, delete parts of, make deletions in; purge, purify, sanitize, make presentable, make acceptable, make palatable, water down, emasculate; informal clean up.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bowdlerize

bowd ler ize /báʊdləràɪz , ｟米 ｠bóʊd -/動詞 他動詞 ｟けなして ｠〈書物 劇など 〉の不適切 [不快 ]な箇所を (事前に )削除 [訂正 ]する (!題材の持ち味が損なわれることを暗示 ) .