As an adjective, the word Afghan also means " of or relating to Afghanistan or its people, language, or culture ".

This term derived from the Greek adjective ( ataraktos ) which means " not disturbed, not excited, without confusion, steady, calm ".

In Greek, the adjective kyriak-ós /- ē /- ón means " belonging, or pertaining, to a Kýrios " (" Lord "), and the usage was adopted by early Christians of the Eastern Mediterranean with regard to anything pertaining to the Lord Jesus Christ: hence " Kyriakós oíkos " (" house of the Lord ", church ), " Kyriakē " (" day of the Lord ", i. e. Sunday ), or " Kyriakē proseukhē " ( the " Lord's prayer ").

The word maritime is an adjective that simply means " of the sea ", thus any land associated with the sea can be considered a maritime state or province ( e. g. All the provinces of Canada except Alberta and Saskatchewan border water ).

The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places.

Like in German, the adjective rijk means " rich ".

In 1931 the Merriam-Webster dictionary adopted the word " Rube Goldberg " as an adjective defined as accomplishing something simple through complex means.

The adjective submarine, in terms such as submarine cable, means " under the sea ".

Also, together with the adjective ağır, which means " heavy " or " slow " in Turkish, Roman is the designation for a special kind of street music, played by some of the novel's protagonists.

The adjective surgical means pertaining to surgery ; e. g. surgical instruments or surgical nurse.

The adjective Tridentine ( as in " Tridentine Mass ") literally means pertaining to Trento, but can also refer to that specific event.

Thus, closet as an adjective means secret — usually with a connotation of vice or shame, as in " a closet alcoholic " or " a closet homosexual ," though sometimes used as a humorous exaggeration for any potential embarrassment, as in " a closet comic book fan.

The word piety comes from the Latin word pietas, the noun form of the adjective pius ( which means " devout " or " good ").

Note that, however, in Quebec, déjeuner alone ( without the qualifying adjective petit ) means " breakfast ".

Saraṇyū means " swift " and is derived from the adjective saraṇa (" running ", " swift "), the feminine of which is saraṇā ; this is in every sound cognate with, the form of her name that has no initial digamma.

The adjective " ascetic " derives from the ancient Greek term askēsis, which means training or exercise.

The adjective " mephitic " means " foul-smelling " or " malodorous ".

Jejunum is derived from the adjective jejune, which means " fasting " or " hungry " in Early Modern English.

" Damned " is also used as an adjective synonymous with " annoying " or " uncooperative ," or as a means of giving emphasis.

As an adjective it means " brown ", but as a noun the meaning changes to " chief " ( prince, lord ).

Hence, when used as an adjective, " infinitesimal " in the vernacular means " extremely small ".

As an adjective, " okay " means " adequate ," " acceptable " (" this is okay to send out "), " mediocre " often in contrast to " good " (" the food was okay "); it also functions as an adverb in this sense.

As an adjective, it means ' heavy ,' or ' weighty ,' in the sense of " heavy with knowledge ," heavy with spiritual wisdom, " heavy with spiritual weight ," " heavy with the good qualities of scriptures and realization ," or " heavy with a wealth of knowledge.

translation " Fragments by an Unknown Author " is misleading ; the German adjective " ungenannt " means " anonymous ".

The adjective is applied to naturally occurring colors, referring to animal fur, human hair, human skin pigmentation ( tans ), partially charred or carbonized fiber as in toasted bread and other foods, peat, withered leaves, etc.

Jaundice ( also known as icterus ; from the Greek word ίκτερος, attributive adjective: icteric ) is a yellowish pigmentation of the skin, the conjunctival membranes over the sclerae ( whites of the eyes ), and other mucous membranes caused by hyperbilirubinemia ( increased levels of bilirubin in the blood ).

Neonatal jaundice or Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, or Neonatal icterus ( from the Greek word ίκτερος ), attributive adjective: icteric, is a yellowing of the skin and other tissues of a newborn infant.

In Spanish, americano denotes geographic and cultural origin in the New World, as well as infrequently a U. S. citizen ; the adjective and noun, denoting estadounidense ( United States person ), derives from Estados Unidos de América ( United States of America ).

In French, étasunien, from États-Unis d ' Amérique, distinguishes U. S. things and persons from the adjective américain, which denotes persons and things from the United States but may also refer to ' the Americas '; likewise, the German usages U. S .- amerikanisch and U. S .- Amerikaner observe said cultural distinction, solely denoting U. S. things and people.

* British ( disambiguation ), adjective meaning from / of Britain ; and derived senses

The word may be a compound containing the Old English adjective brytten ( from the verb breotan meaning ' to break ' or ' to disperse '), an element also found in the terms bryten rice (' kingdom '), bryten-grund (' the wide expanse of the earth ') and bryten cyning (' king whose authority was widely extended ').

For example, although the words wee and little are interchangeable in some contexts, wee ( as an adjective ) is almost exclusively written by some people from some parts of northern Britain ( and especially Scotland ) or from Northern Ireland, whereas in Southern England and Wales, little is used predominantly.

Bavarian is the adjective form of the German state of Bavaria, and refers to people of ancestry from Bavaria.

Kenneth Jackson concludes, based on later development of Welsh and Irish, that it derives from the Proto-Celtic feminine adjective * boudīka, " victorious ", derived from the Celtic word * bouda, " victory " ( cf.

The word “ classics ” is derived from the Latin adjective classicus: “ belonging to the highest class of citizens ”, connoting superiority, authority, and perfection.

The relating adjective is consular, from the Latin consularis ( which has been used, substantiated, as a title in its own right ).

Hevelius chose the name Asterion ( from the Greek ' αστέριον, meaning the " little star ", the diminutive of ' αστηρ the " star ", or adjective meaning " starry ") for the northern dog and Chara ( from the Greek χαρά, meaning " joy ") for the southern dog, as Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs, in his star atlas.

The words " chaste " and " chastity " stem from the Latin adjective castus meaning " pure ".

The word catholic ( derived via Late Latin catholicus, from the Greek adjective ( katholikos ), meaning " universal ") comes from the Greek phrase ( katholou ), meaning " on the whole ", " according to the whole " or " in general ", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning " about " and meaning " whole ".

Even apart from documents drawn up jointly with other churches, it has sometimes, in view of the central position it attributes to the See of Rome, adopted the adjective " Roman " for the whole church, Eastern as well as Western, as in the papal encyclicals Divini illius Magistri and Humani generis.

An epic ( from the Ancient Greek adjective ( epikos ), from ( epos ) " word, story, poem ") is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.

H. sapiens ( the adjective sapiens is Latin for " wise " or " intelligent ") have lived from about 250, 000 years ago to the present.

The adjective " first-order " distinguishes first-order logic from higher-order logic in which there are predicates having predicates or functions as arguments, or in which one or both of predicate quantifiers or function quantifiers are permitted.

The word fresco ( Italian: affresco ) is derived from the Italian adjective fresco meaning " fresh ".