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

[Kathi Kemp-Tejeda]

I thought it was about states like happiness, blissfulness, togetherness...and can you name the song?

Kathi Kemp


--- On Thu, 10/9/08, South Berwick Public Library <mmaney at south-berwick.lib.me.us> wrote:

> From: South Berwick Public Library <mmaney at south-berwick.lib.me.us>
> Subject: Re: [Publib] "what is the word for..?" stumper
> To: "Tom Cipullo" <cipullot at pbclibrary.org>, publib at webjunction.org
> Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 12:16 PM
> The word that jumps to my mind is "essence" which
> is always seen as a
> crossword clue - Latin for being.  The answer - esse.
> 
> Mamie
> 
> Mamie Anthoine Ney
> Library Director
> South Berwick Public Library
> 37 Portland Street
> P.O. Box 35
> South Berwick, ME 03908-0035
> 207-384-3308 (incl. fax)
> mmaney at south-berwick.lib.me.us
> www.south-berwick.lib.me.us
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Cipullo"
> <cipullot at pbclibrary.org>
> To: <publib at webjunction.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:54 AM
> Subject: [Publib] "what is the word for..?"
> stumper
> 
> 
> here is the question: "What is a word that describes a
> thing, a state of
> being as a thing?"
> 
> this was over the phone; the best I could get is that there
> is a term (not a
> literary term) for when you use a state of being to
> describe a thing.  (he
> used the word "thing" a few times.)  He did not
> have an example, or he did,
> but he took it back: "human," when he realized
> that wasn't what he meant.
> 
> he didn't like "eponymous" (which is the name
> a person to describe a thing).
> maybe it's a grammatical term?
> 
> so "what do you call it when a term for a state of
> being is used to describe
> a thing?"
> 
> 
> (sorry. if I knew of another place to post this I would.
> I'm just curious to
> know if someone knows this.)
> 
> 
> tom cipullo
> Palm Beach County Library System, Main Library
> 
> 
> 
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