Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
kaif .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
kif .
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Examples
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Chai honaa bole to 'kef' that's what people say in Hyderabad for cafe ka Irani chai.
April 2004 Chirayu 2004
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Chai honaa bole to 'kef' that's what people say in Hyderabad for cafe ka Irani chai.
Archive 2004-04-01 Chirayu 2004
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Another familiar example is the tiny, lovely, cursive 'kef' which is the same whether it is put on a girl in Cos, or Ar, or Ko-ro-ba, or Thentis or Turia.
Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988
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There is this wonderful Bulgarian word "kef" ( "кеф" - pleasure, ease).
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When you look at Germans, for example, they don't have a world for "kef", and they don't understand the concept because what a German does when he is not working - he is doing something else.
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Incidentally, shortly after the entry kef in the OED comes kehaya 'a Turkish viceroy, deputy, agent, etc; a local governor; a village chief.'
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A mixture of human and kef sidhe sounds plausible, considering their descriptions.
Angry Lead Skies Cook, Glen 2002
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The Par-kef men could easily take it into their heads to catch up to the Hammonds and vent their displeasure.
Texas Lawman Chambers, Ginger 1998
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She was extremely ill from chronic malaria; she also had syphilis, no teeth, and an addiction to kef and arrak.
Roughing It Annan, Gabriele 1988
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He remembered the odor of those rooms, a sultry mixture of cinnamon and spices, kef and coffee, warm black hair and female musk, the scent of rose and jasmine, mingling with the fragrance of vanilla that wafted in from the tubs of white oleanders that stood on the turquoise-patterned tiles of the central courtyard.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
skybits commented on the word kef
n. - sleepiness, caused by drugs; hashish, etc.
due to selective insomnia, this is the only way I get sleep recently.
October 19, 2007
mialuthien commented on the word kef
kef – a state of dreamy tranquility; a smoking material that produces such a state (WWFTD)
July 27, 2008
klmn613 commented on the word kef
In addition to being a Bulgarian word,"kef" is also a term in modern Hebrew, having the same meaning, but more emphatic: "with pleasure"!
July 25, 2010
aurpera commented on the word kef
A state of drowsiness or dreamy intoxication; the enjoyment of idleness
“To him the greatest enjoyment is his ‘kef,’ or perfect idleness, and he will do nothing to-day which can possibly be put off till to-morrow.”
—George Keith, Plea for a Simpler Faith
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May 11, 2011