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bowdler (wn) | Bowdler
n 1: English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition
of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) [syn: Bowdler,
Thomas Bowdler] |
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bowdlerisation (encz) | bowdlerisation,odstraňování částí textu n: Zdeněk Brož |
bowdlerization (encz) | bowdlerization,odstraňování částí textu n: Zdeněk Brož |
bowdlerize (encz) | bowdlerize,odstranit části textu v: Zdeněk Brož |
bowdlerisation (gcide) | bowdlerisation \bowdlerisation\ n.
the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent.
Syn: bowdlerization, expurgation.
[WordNet 1.5] |
bowdlerise (gcide) | bowdlerise \bowdlerise\ v.
same as bowdlerize.
Syn: bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten, cut.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Bowdlerism (gcide) | 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; 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.] |
bowdlerization (gcide) | bowdlerization \bowdlerization\ n.
the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent.
Syn: bowdlerisation, expurgation.
[WordNet 1.5]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; 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.] |
Bowdlerization (gcide) | bowdlerization \bowdlerization\ n.
the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent.
Syn: bowdlerisation, expurgation.
[WordNet 1.5]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; 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.] |
Bowdlerize (gcide) | 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; 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.] |
Bowdlerized (gcide) | 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; 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.] |
Bowdlerizing (gcide) | 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; 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.] |
bowdlerisation (wn) | bowdlerisation
n 1: written material that has been bowdlerized [syn:
bowdlerization, bowdlerisation]
2: the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to
be indecent [syn: bowdlerization, bowdlerisation] |
bowdlerise (wn) | bowdlerise
v 1: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
"bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise,
expurgate, castrate, shorten] |
bowdleriser (wn) | bowdleriser
n 1: a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive
words or passages; "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator"
[syn: expurgator, bowdlerizer, bowdleriser] |
bowdlerism (wn) | Bowdlerism
n 1: censorship in the form of prudish expurgation |
bowdlerization (wn) | bowdlerization
n 1: written material that has been bowdlerized [syn:
bowdlerization, bowdlerisation]
2: the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to
be indecent [syn: bowdlerization, bowdlerisation] |
bowdlerize (wn) | bowdlerize
v 1: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
"bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise,
expurgate, castrate, shorten] |
bowdlerizer (wn) | bowdlerizer
n 1: a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive
words or passages; "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator"
[syn: expurgator, bowdlerizer, bowdleriser] |
thomas bowdler (wn) | Thomas Bowdler
n 1: English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition
of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) [syn: Bowdler,
Thomas Bowdler] |
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