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 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 ".

Weak is a generic adjective pertaining to a general state of feebleness, a lack of strength, durability, or vigor.

The adjective of relation pertaining to deer is cervine ; like the family name " Cervidae ", this is from, " deer ".

The adjective pertaining to a governor is gubernatorial, from the Latin root gubernare.

The adjective visceral, also splanchnic, is used for anything pertaining to the internal organs.

His name is also another name for Greek, meaning a person of Greek descent or pertaining to Greek culture, and the source of the adjective " Hellenic ".

Ladenson lists both his family name and his first name as being related to gold (" Auric " is an adjective pertaining to gold ); his clothes, hair, car and cat are all gold coloured, or a variant thereof ; his Korean servants are referred to by Bond as being " yellow ", or yellow-faced "; and he paints his women ( normally prostitutes ) gold before sex.

Emperor Diocletian further reinforced it when he demanded the proskynesis and adopted the adjective sacrum for all things pertaining to the imperial person.

The Buddhist term anatta ( Pāli ) or anātman ( Sanskrit ) is used in the sutras both as a noun and as a predicative adjective to denote that phenomena are not, or are without, a Self, to describe any and all composite, consubstantial, phenomenal and temporal things, from the macrocosmic to microcosmic, be it matter pertaining to the physical body or the cosmos at large, as well as any and all mental machinations, which are impermanent.

The word comes from the Latin adjective capillaris (" pertaining to the hair "), from the noun capillus (" the hair of the head "), ultimately derived from caput (" head "); ( see capillary ).

The adjective Tridentine refers to any thing or person pertaining to the city of Trent, Italy ().

It may also be derived from an appointment as an officer's bodyguard, originally being an adjective pertaining to the word " body ".

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word " tangerine " was originally an adjective meaning " Of or pertaining to, or native of Tangier, a seaport in Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar " and " a native of Tangier.

The adjective " tresorial " can also be used, but this normally means pertaining to a treasurer.

The adjective " treasurial " normally means pertaining to a treasury, rather than the treasurer.

Gaelic is an adjective that means " pertaining to the Gaels ", including language and culture.

* a member of a Schism ( religion ), or, as an adjective, of or pertaining to a schism

), referring to the country and Bundesbürger ( federal citizen ) as to its citizens, with the pertaining adjective bundesdeutsch ( federally German ).

* Anatta ( Sanskrit anatman ) or " non-Self " is used in the suttas both as a noun and as a predicative adjective to denote that phenomena are not, or are without, a self ; to describe any and all composite, consubstantial, phenomenal and temporal things, from the macrocosmic to microcosmic, be it matter pertaining to the physical body or the cosmos at large, as well as any and all mental machinations, which are impermanent.

Etymologically, it is an adjective meaning " of or pertaining to the people, popular ".

In West Low German parlance the ending "… sch ( e )" is sometimes added to surnames of women, related to the standard High German adjective ending "… isch " ( cognitive to English "… ish "), suffixed to nouns or adjectives indicating belonging / pertaining to, being of the kind described by the suffixed word: e. g. de Smidtsche, is Ms Schmidt ( Smith ), – but literally about – the Smithian ( the woman pertaining to a man / family named Schmidt ).