"reify" is the final answer.... RE: [Publib] "what is the word for..?" stumper

[Tom Cipullo]

we have our winner.  the patron says thank you. for all of you, there are some lovely parting gifts.  thank you for playing.
 
again, the winning word was "reify."
 
 
tom cipullo
Palm Beach County Library System, Main Library

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>> ----- 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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