kif
/kiːf/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.14 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for its narcotic or intoxicating effects.
Uncountable
noun
The trichome of marijuana, a green powdery substance that falls from dry marijuana, high in THC and other cannabinoid compounds.
Uncountable
adj
Alternative form of kiff.
name
Example Sentences
- "The kief, which is the flower and seeds of the plant, is the strongest, and a pipe of it half the size of a common English tobacco-pipe, is sufficient to intoxicate."
- "I perceived the odour of kif, and recognised the voices of Selam the Second, Abd-el-Rhaman, and others; it was an Arab orgie in full swing."
- "The trade goods – Persian rugs, salt, muskets, kif – trailed out behind them over the dunes, still lashed to the backs of rotting animals."
- "[…]then hung around the special Silver-Key-Members’ Lounge with the other ladies[…]smoking kif and making extremely delicate and oblique fun of their husbands’ sexual idiosyncrasies, […]"
- "‘Some taxi driver, a Maghrebian…he suddenly swerved. They smoke kief, you know.’"
- "Kif melts the brain; dexemyl sharpens the edges. (Kif makes you drift—makes you forget what someone said a minute before–hard to follow a long story or joke, […])"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: كيف, كَيْف, ك ي ف
Usage
Inflected Forms
kaif (alternative)
keef (alternative)
kef (alternative)
kief (alternative)
more kif (comparative)
most kif (superlative)