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Question by  worker5946 (132)

What does it mean if something is "Bowdlerised?"

This word isn't in my dictionary.

 
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Answer by  lamz1111 (35)

Bowdlerized means to remove offensive material from something such as a book. It is an eponym taken from Thomas Bowdler, who published a censored version of Shakespeare's work.

 
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Answer by  kbbaybee16 (350)

to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. i hope this helps you out. to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. Origin: 1830–40; after Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), English editor of an expurgated edition of Shakespeare Hope this helps you

 
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