[Publib] "what is the word for..?" stumper, part 2

[Rachel Davis]

"Tom Cipullo" <cipullot at pbclibrary.org> writes:
>so "what do you call it when a term for a state of being is used to
>describe a thing?" 

Or, could it be an "adjectival noun?":

An [ http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/adjective.html ]Adjective can
sometimes function as a [ http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/noun.html
]Noun; the young, the rich, etc. These are Adjectival Nouns, meaning the
people who are young, the people who are rich, etc.

Rachel

Rachel Q. Davis
Children's Librarian
Thomas Memorial Library
6 Scott Dyer Road
Cape Elizabeth, ME  04107
207-799-1720


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