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bowdlerized

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
bowd-ler-ized
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of bowdlerize

adj

Expurgated, especially in a comprehensive way (such as systematically throughout an entire work).

verb

simple past and past participle of Bowdlerize

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more bowdlerized (comparative) most bowdlerized (superlative)

Derived Forms

unbowdlerized

Questions

What does bowdlerized mean?
simple past and past participle of bowdlerize

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