Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
rebus or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Some of these are written in hieroglyphics, a rebuslike system of picture-writing, but not in the famous Egyptian hieroglyphics: rather, they are written in a language called Luwian.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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And he had better things to do with his time than learn the rebuslike system for recording Greek that we call Linear B.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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Some of these are written in hieroglyphics, a rebuslike system of picture-writing, but not in the famous Egyptian hieroglyphics: rather, they are written in a language called Luwian.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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And he had better things to do with his time than learn the rebuslike system for recording Greek that we call Linear B.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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