I. adjective
also cu·fic ˈk(y)üfik
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Al Kufa, town in south central Iraq + English -ic
1. : of, relating to, or characteristic of Al Kufa, a city of Mesopotamia or of its inhabitants
2. : constituting, belonging to, characteristic of, or written in the Arabic script Kufic
II. noun
also cufic “
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : a highly angular form of the Arabic alphabet originally used at Al Kufa especially for costly copies of the Koran
2. : any angular variety of the Arabic alphabet — compare neskhi