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

[Audrey DeVillier]

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At 10:37 AM 10/9/2008 -0700, Kathi Kemp-Tejeda wrote:
>I thought it was about states like happiness, blissfulness,
togetherness...and can you name the song?
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>Kathi Kemp
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>--- On Thu, 10/9/08, South Berwick Public Library
<mmaney at south-berwick.lib.me.us> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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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Audrey Jo DeVillier
Head, ILL/Technical Services
Iberville Parish Library
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