Robulous rebus

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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
  • 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