rebusn.

Brit.

/ˈriːbəs/, U.S.

/ˈribəs/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French rébus; Latin rēbus.

Etymology: < French rébus (a1535 in Middle French in this sense in rebus de Picardie ; earlier in sense ‘ambiguity, word used in an oblique sense, unintelligible remark’ (a1387)) or its probable etymon classical Latin rēbus, ablative plural of rēs thing (see res n.¹).The precise origin of this application of the Latin word is uncertain. It has been explained as denoting ‘by things’, on account of a representation with a rebus being non verbis sed rebus ‘not by words but by things’, but this encounters difficulties in the chronology of the senses in French. It is alternatively explained in G. Ménage Les origines de la langue françoise (1650) as having been taken from satirical pieces composed by clerks in Picardy for the annual carnival, which dealt with current topics, and were therefore entitled de rebus quæ geruntur ‘about things which are going on’, but here the problem is that the expression rebus de Picardie (a1535) is first recorded later than the earliest attestation of rebus and probably simply denotes a version of the puzzle popular in Picardy. An alternative explanation of French rébus connects it with rebours rebours n. and rebous rebous n.; however, although this might fit more easily with the earliest senses of the French word, it is unlikely on phonological grounds.

A cryptic representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, arrangement of letters, etc., which suggest the word or phrase, or the syllables of which it is made up; spec. an ornamental device, often of heraldic appearance, associated with a person to whose name it punningly alludes.In later use frequently applied to puzzles in which such a representation is used; for example, a rebus of the word apex might show a picture of an ape followed by a letter X.

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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > puzzle > [noun] > other word puzzles

riddleOE

logogriph1598

rebus1605

name-device1631

telesticha1637

lipogram1711

charade1776

conundrum1790

logogram1820

anagrams?1860

acrostic1861

metagram1867

word square1867

verbarian1872

jumble-letters1899

word ladder1928

Double-Crostic1934

word search1957

hangman1961

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 146 They which lackt wit to expresse their conceit in speech, did vse to depaint it out (as it were) in pictures, which they called Rebus.

1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. i. 9 I will maintayne the Rebus 'gainst all humors, And all complexions i'the body of Man.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Somerset 23 He gave for his Rebus (in allusion to his Name [i.e. Beckinton]) a burning Beacon.

1713 T. Birch in Guardian No. 36. ⁋14 If this meets with encouragement, I shall write a vindication of the Rebus, and do justice to the Conundrum.

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal i. i. 7 He..shall make a rebus or a chirard with any one.

1806 J. Dallaway Obs. Eng. Archit. 76 Armorial bearings, scrolls and rebus are the usual subjects.

1854 E. A. Freeman in Ecclesiologist 15 318 A certain John Chapman was a benefactor to the building, and carved a chapman with a dog, as a rebus on his name.

1882 F. Harrison Choice Bks. (1886) 305 Many an ingenious picture is nothing but a painted rebus.

1924 E. P. Mitchell Mem. of Editor iv. 101 I..constructed rebuses for the puzzle column.

1984 Daily Tel. 3 Sept. 9/5 The oriel window of Prior Bolton..with the prior's rebus, a bolt struck through a ton, in a panel below.

1992 Harper's Mag. Dec. 15/2 It is a language of pictures and signs, not unlike Egyptian hieroglyphs or the rebuses with which children sometimes learn to read.

2004 T. C. Bestor Tsukiji v. 204 Like many trade symbols of this sort, the Maruha logo and name can be read as a rebus.

Compounds

General attributive, as rebus puzzle, rebus word, rebus writing, etc.

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1744 W. Warburton Remarks Occas. Refl. 23 Mistaking, for Egyptian, a ridiculous Kind of rebus-writing.

1864 Reader 14 May 614 The rebus addresses..that postmen sometimes get.

1956 Man 56 25/1 Ideograms (rebus words without phonetic value) frequently betrayed the substance of the matter preceding them.

1985 L. Whistler Laughter & Urn ii. 21 Children would be enchanted to receive from Rex a rebus letter, where all the words are represented by objects.

2004 St. John's (Newfoundland) Telegram (Nexis) 2 July a9 Remember the rebus puzzles of our childhood, in which selected pictures substituted for specific words in a sentence?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rebus
释义	rebusn. Brit. /ˈriːbəs/, U.S. /ˈribəs/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French rébus; Latin rēbus. Etymology: < French rébus (a1535 in Middle French in this sense in rebus de Picardie ; earlier in sense ‘ambiguity, word used in an oblique sense, unintelligible remark’ (a1387)) or its probable etymon classical Latin rēbus, ablative plural of rēs thing (see res n.¹).The precise origin of this application of the Latin word is uncertain. It has been explained as denoting ‘by things’, on account of a representation with a rebus being non verbis sed rebus ‘not by words but by things’, but this encounters difficulties in the chronology of the senses in French. It is alternatively explained in G. Ménage Les origines de la langue françoise (1650) as having been taken from satirical pieces composed by clerks in Picardy for the annual carnival, which dealt with current topics, and were therefore entitled de rebus quæ geruntur ‘about things which are going on’, but here the problem is that the expression rebus de Picardie (a1535) is first recorded later than the earliest attestation of rebus and probably simply denotes a version of the puzzle popular in Picardy. An alternative explanation of French rébus connects it with rebours rebours n. and rebous rebous n.; however, although this might fit more easily with the earliest senses of the French word, it is unlikely on phonological grounds. A cryptic representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, arrangement of letters, etc., which suggest the word or phrase, or the syllables of which it is made up; spec. an ornamental device, often of heraldic appearance, associated with a person to whose name it punningly alludes.In later use frequently applied to puzzles in which such a representation is used; for example, a rebus of the word apex might show a picture of an ape followed by a letter X. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > puzzle > [noun] > other word puzzles riddleOE logogriph1598 rebus1605 name-device1631 telesticha1637 lipogram1711 charade1776 conundrum1790 logogram1820 anagrams?1860 acrostic1861 metagram1867 word square1867 verbarian1872 jumble-letters1899 word ladder1928 Double-Crostic1934 word search1957 hangman1961 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 146 They which lackt wit to expresse their conceit in speech, did vse to depaint it out (as it were) in pictures, which they called Rebus. 1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. i. 9 I will maintayne the Rebus 'gainst all humors, And all complexions i'the body of Man. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Somerset 23 He gave for his Rebus (in allusion to his Name [i.e. Beckinton]) a burning Beacon. 1713 T. Birch in Guardian No. 36. ⁋14 If this meets with encouragement, I shall write a vindication of the Rebus, and do justice to the Conundrum. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal i. i. 7 He..shall make a rebus or a chirard with any one. 1806 J. Dallaway Obs. Eng. Archit. 76 Armorial bearings, scrolls and rebus are the usual subjects. 1854 E. A. Freeman in Ecclesiologist 15 318 A certain John Chapman was a benefactor to the building, and carved a chapman with a dog, as a rebus on his name. 1882 F. Harrison Choice Bks. (1886) 305 Many an ingenious picture is nothing but a painted rebus. 1924 E. P. Mitchell Mem. of Editor iv. 101 I..constructed rebuses for the puzzle column. 1984 Daily Tel. 3 Sept. 9/5 The oriel window of Prior Bolton..with the prior's rebus, a bolt struck through a ton, in a panel below. 1992 Harper's Mag. Dec. 15/2 It is a language of pictures and signs, not unlike Egyptian hieroglyphs or the rebuses with which children sometimes learn to read. 2004 T. C. Bestor Tsukiji v. 204 Like many trade symbols of this sort, the Maruha logo and name can be read as a rebus. Compounds General attributive, as rebus puzzle, rebus word, rebus writing, etc. ΚΠ 1744 W. Warburton Remarks Occas. Refl. 23 Mistaking, for Egyptian, a ridiculous Kind of rebus-writing. 1864 Reader 14 May 614 The rebus addresses..that postmen sometimes get. 1956 Man 56 25/1 Ideograms (rebus words without phonetic value) frequently betrayed the substance of the matter preceding them. 1985 L. Whistler Laughter & Urn ii. 21 Children would be enchanted to receive from Rex a rebus letter, where all the words are represented by objects. 2004 St. John's (Newfoundland) Telegram (Nexis) 2 July a9 Remember the rebus puzzles of our childhood, in which selected pictures substituted for specific words in a sentence? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † rebusv. Forms: past participle 1600s 1800s rebussed, 1800s rebused. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rebus n. Etymology: < rebus n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To mark or inscribe with a rebus or rebuses. Also: to represent in rebus form.In quot. 1864 substituted for be-rebussed used by T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Essex 330 (cf. quot. 1655 for berebus vb. at be- prefix 6b). ΚΠ 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 203 John Morton..had a fair Library (Rebuss'd with More in text and Tun under it). 1823 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 210/1 An allegorical representation of their ancient cognomen [i.e. Ashby], rebussed by an ash tree, surrounded with a swarm of bees. 1864 Athenæum No. 1932. 595/1 A fine cenotaph..rebused with hawks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1605v.1655
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rebusn.

Compounds

† rebusv.