单词 | unbowdlerized |
释义 | unbowdlerizedadj. 1. Of a version or edition of a book, play, etc.: not expurgated; containing all of the original material, including that considered improper or offensive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > version of text > [adjective] > having (objectionable) passages removed > not uncastrated1737 unbowdlerized1868 unexpurgated1882 1868 Sat. Rev. 13 June 789/1 Was Shakespeare altogether clean, at least un-Bowdlerised? 1873 J. Davies Hesiod & Theognis ii. i. 130 The shape in which the poetry of Theognis has come down to us is as unlike the original form and drift as a handbook of maxims from Shakespeare is unlike an undoctored and un-Bowdlerised play. 1894 W. H. Wilkins & H. Vivian Green Bay Tree II. 50 A private and unbowdlerized version of ‘Helen of Troy’. 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Dec. 738/2 A quarter of a century ago the complete, unbowdlerized edition of 1951 might have made a stir. 2012 Washington Post (Nexis) 2 Feb. c2 Grove brought out Lawrence's unbowdlerized version of ‘Lady Chatterley's Lover’. 2. Of a written or verbal account: full, frank; uncensored. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > free from censorship uncensored1890 unbowdlerized1902 1902 G. B. Shaw Mrs. Warren's Profession p. xviii Nothing can really shake the confidence of the public in the Lord Chamberlain's department except a remorseless and unbowdlerized narration of the licentious fictions which slip through its net. 1929 H. A. Vachell Virgin viii. 143 Miss Thame might have been surprised had she been presented with an unbowdlerised version of what took place. 1936 ‘E. M. Oddie’ Odyssey of Loving Woman xi. 193 She returned to Athens arriving there late in 1853 to scandalize her remaining friends with an unbowdlerized account of her Syrian adventures. 1999 J. McClinton tr. V. Courtillot Evolutionary Catastrophes (2002) 55 Here I cannot resist retelling the unbowdlerized tale of one of our paleontologist friends' discoveries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1868 |
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