noun
- plural of kaif; a state of dreamy intoxication or blissful idleness, especially from smoking cannabis or hashish
Usage: informal; chiefly historical or literary
Examples
- The travelers described the kaifs induced by the local hashish as a state of peaceful detachment.
- In 19th-century literature, kaifs were often romanticized as an exotic Eastern experience.
- He sought kaifs through various means, always chasing that elusive sense of bliss.
- The word kaifs appears frequently in orientalist accounts of Middle Eastern customs.