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Definition of Bowdlerism

Bowdlerism
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.] 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.

Meaning of Bowdlerism from wikipedia

- unsuitable or offensive". The derivative noun is bowdlerism. Some examples of alterations made by Bowdler's edition: In Hamlet, the death of Ophelia was called...
- Bowdler, a prominent Shropshire family descended from Baldwin de Boulers. George Bowdler Buckton (1818–1905), English entomologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe...
- Charles Bowdler (c. 1785 – 24 September 1879) was an English first-class cricketer ****ociated with Surrey who was active in the 1800s. He is recorded...
- Hope Bowdler is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is situated on the B4371, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of the market town of Church...
- Richard Bowdler Sharpe (22 November 1847 – 25 December 1909) was an English zoologist and ornithologist who worked as curator of the bird collection at...
- James Calloway "Cal" Bowdler II (born March 31, 1977) is an Irish American former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 10 in, 245 lb power forward from...
- Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler [née Cotton] (d. 1797) was an English religious writer. Elizabeth Stuart Cotton was the second daughter of Sir John Cotton, 6th...
- Thomas Bowdler the Younger (1782–1856) was an Anglican priest, who wrote a memoir of his father, John Bowdler, and his uncle, Thomas Bowdler the elder...
- Shakspeare) is a collection of expurgated Shakespeare plays, edited by Thomas Bowdler and his sister Henrietta ("Harriet"), intended to remove any material deemed...
- Bowdler was born in Conington, Huntingdonshire, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler, and sister of John Bowdler and Thomas Bowdler the...