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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.
