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* allusion to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus Remus and Romulus]
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* '''Romulus and Remus:''' mythical twins, one of whom supposedly founded Rome and was the city's first king
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebus Rebus] - a word puzzle which uses pictures to represent parts of words
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160335&q1=Romulus Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus Wikipedia]
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* '''Rabelais:''' François Rabelais, French satirical novelist of the 16th Century
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160330&q1=rabelais Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
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* '''rebus:''' a word puzzle which uses pictures to represent parts of words → FW itself ([[Image:Book.PNG]])
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebus Wikipedia]
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* '''rebec:''' the three-stringed forerunner of the viol and violin families that evolved from the Arabic rabab, continuing the musical foliation in this paragraph
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* '''rabulous:''' using such language as only the licence of a buffoon can warrant; characterized by coarseness or indecency of language, esp in jesting and invective; coarsely opprobrious or jocular
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* '''bibulous:''' addicted to alcohol
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[[Category: Twins]]
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[[Category:Roman history]]
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Latest revision as of 09:35, 6 August 2019

  • rebec: the three-stringed forerunner of the viol and violin families that evolved from the Arabic rabab, continuing the musical foliation in this paragraph
  • rabulous: using such language as only the licence of a buffoon can warrant; characterized by coarseness or indecency of language, esp in jesting and invective; coarsely opprobrious or jocular
  • bibulous: addicted to alcohol