Associations to the word «Bowdlerize»

Wiktionary

BOWDLERIZE, verb. To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
BOWDLERIZE, verb. Alternative form of bowdlerize

Dictionary definition

BOWDLERIZE, verb. Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca