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noun
- a kind of word puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.
Etymology: From French rébus, from Latin rebusLatin, rebus (ablative plural of res "thing"), as taken from the phrase de rebusLatin, rebus quae geruntur "concerning the things that are taking place", used in sixteenth-century Picardie as the name for satirical pieces containing picture-riddles.From the (plural) form of res "thing" (=rebusLatin, rebus "of or by things"), taken from the phrase "nonLatin, nÅn verbumLatin, verbÄs sedLatin, sed resLatin, rébus" meaning "not by words but by things".
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