Expurgate vs Ex - What's the difference?
expurgate | ex |
To edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, useless, or otherwise undesirable information from a book, CD or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
(colloquial) An ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner.
To delete; to cross out
As a verb expurgate
is to edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, useless, or otherwise undesirable information from a book, cd or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.As a noun ex is
ex-girlfriend or ex can be ex-boyfriend.expurgate
English
Verb
- The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.
Derived terms
* expurgator * expurgatory * expurgatoriousSee also
* bowdleriseex
English
Noun
(en-noun)- She broke up with her ex .