noun (in the Middle East)
- a state of drowsy contentment, especially from the use of a narcotic.
- Also keef. a substance, especially a smoking preparation of hemp leaves, used to produce this state.
noun
- a variant of kif
1808, from Arabic kaif “well-being, good-humor.” Specifically, state of dreaming intoxication produced by smoking cannabis; dolce far niente. In Morocco and Algeria, it was the name for Indian hemp.