kef

[ keyf, kef ]

/ keɪf, kɛf /

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noun

a state of drowsy contentment, especially from the use of marijuana, opium, or other narcotic: In our peace-themed rooms scented with patchouli and the smoke of homegrown weed, we felt the kef and thought we were saving the world.

Also kief

[keef], /kif/, keef

[kee-ef] /kiˈɛf/ . a substance, especially that which is derived from the THC-rich budding heads of the cannabis plant, used to produce this state: Along the river, old men sat on benches smoking their pipes of kef.

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Also kif

[kif] /kɪf/ .

Origin of kef

First recorded in 1800–10; from Arabic kaif “well-being, pleasure”

Words nearby kef

keepy-uppy, keeshond, Keesler Air Force Base, keet, Keewatin, kef, Kefallonia, Kefauver, keffiyeh, kefir, Keflavík

How to use kef in a sentence

The Oriental mysticism, the Kef, as ecstasy is called in the East, are admirably expressed.
Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker
To “do kef,” or to “make kef,” is to pass the time in such a state.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7|Various
A––– and his party had started for Kef, malgré my dissuasions.
Notes in North Africa|W. G. Windham
This morbidezza of the spirit the Mahometans call Kef; the Christians, pious ecstasy.
Visionaries|James Huneker

Situated at the intersection of main routes from the west and south, Kef occupies a position of strategic importance.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6|Various

British Dictionary definitions for kef

kef

/ (kɛf) /

noun

a variant of kif

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