kef

The Oriental mysticism, the Kef, as ecstasy is called in the East, are admirably expressed.

To “do kef,” or to “make kef,” is to pass the time in such a state.

A––– and his party had started for Kef, malgré my dissuasions.

This morbidezza of the spirit the Mahometans call Kef; the Christians, pious ecstasy.

Situated at the intersection of main routes from the west and south, Kef occupies a position of strategic importance.