Cufic

[ kyoo-fik ]

adjective, noun

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How to use Cufic in a sentence

  • Textiles: chiefly found in small pieces; the colours rich; ornament consisting of geometrical designs and Cufic inscriptions.

  • Then come Cufic inscriptions on a blue ground and ugly female heads of the sixteenth century.

    Southern Spain | A.F. Calvert
  • The extreme delicacy of the azziminia, imitating Cufic inscriptions, testifies to the extraordinary skill of Caremolo Mondrone.

    Spanish Arms and Armour | Albert F. Calvert
  • For a time he was in command of the freighters Cufic and Runic; then he became skipper of the old Adriatic.

  • A Cufic inscription of a private and domestic import, also picked out with black enamel, runs along the top.

British Dictionary definitions for Cufic

Cufic

/ (ˈkuːfɪk, ˈkjuː-) /


noun, adjective
  1. a variant spelling of Kufic

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