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 cutaneous means " of the skin " ( from Latin cutis, skin ).

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.

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 ".

Context-sensitive is an adjective meaning " depending on context " or " depending on circumstances ".

" Ceramic " may be used as an adjective describing a material, product or process ; or as a singular noun, or, more commonly, as a plural noun, " ceramics ".

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 ".

Daedalus, in the form of " daedalean ", can be an adjective meaning " complicated " or " convoluted ".

The word " divine " in the New Testament is the Greek word θείας (" theias "), and is the adjective form of " divinity ".

Brentano argued that we can join the concept represented by a noun phrase " an A " to the concept represented by an adjective " B " to give the concept represented by the noun phrase " a B-A ".

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

Galen's name, Galēnos comes from the adjective " γαληνός ", " calm ".

The name Geri can be traced back to the Proto-Germanic adjective * geraz, attested in Burgundian girs, Old Norse gerr and Old High German ger or giri, all of which mean " greedy ".

The name Freki can be traced back to the Proto-Germanic adjective * frekaz, attested in Gothic faihu-friks " covetous, avaricious ", Old Norse frekr " greedy ", Old English frec " desirous, greedy, gluttonous, audacious " and Old High German freh " greedy ".

The word gymnastics derives from the common Greek adjective ( gymnos ) meaning " naked ", by way of the related verb γυμνάζω ( gymnazo ), whose meaning is " to train naked ", " train in gymnastic exercise ", generally " to train, to exercise ".

The adjective " tense " is unrelated, being a Latin loan from tensus, the perfect passive participle of tendere " stretch ".

The word cilig appears to be meaningless in English, but in some dialects of Gaelic is used as an adjective meaning " easily deceived ".

Note that an arid desert climate is not typically implied ; one dictionary uses the phrase ' desert island ' to illustrate the use of ' desert ' as an adjective meaning " desolate and sparsely occupied or unoccupied ".

The word Lucifer is taken from the Latin Vulgate, which translates ה ֵ יל ֵ ל as lucifer, meaning " the morning star, the planet Venus " ( or, as an adjective, " light-bringing "), The Septuagint renders ה ֵ יל ֵ ל in Greek as ἑωσφόρος ( heōsphoros ) meaning " morning star ".

In English, the noun " mammoth " also has become an adjective meaning " large " or " massive ".

The Welsh word " Maes ", meaning " field " or " area of activity "; it is typical for " maes " to be followed by an adjective, such as " fair field ", " Maes teg ".

Mafic is an adjective describing a silicate mineral or rock that is rich in magnesium and iron ; the term is a portmanteau of the words " magnesium " and " ferric ".

The word " polygon " comes from Late Latin polygōnum ( a noun ), from Greek πολύγωνον ( polygōnon / polugōnon ), noun use of neuter of πολύγωνος ( polygōnos / polugōnos, the masculine adjective ), meaning " many-angled ".

The original meaning of the adjective profane ( from Latin pro fano, " in front of " or " before, outside " the fanum, a sanctuary ) referred to items not belonging to the church, e. g., " The fort is the oldest profane building in the town, but the local monastery is older, and is the oldest building ," or " besides designing churches, he also designed many profane buildings ".

From this feature of Proteus comes the adjective protean, with the general meaning of " versatile ", " mutable ", " capable of assuming many forms ".

alt = Photo of mostly transparent diatoms of varying shapes: one resembles a bagel, another a short length of tape, others look like tiny kayaksThe name plankton is derived from the Greek adjective πλαγκτός-planktos, meaning " errant ", and by extension " wanderer " or " drifter ".