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Cu⋅fic

  [kyoo-fik]
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–adjective, noun
Kufic.

Ku⋅fic

  [koo-fik]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Kufa or its inhabitants.
2. noting or pertaining to the characters of the Arabic alphabet used in the writing of the original Koran, in the time of Muhammad.
–noun
3. the Kufic alphabet.
Also, Cufic.

Origin:
1785–95; Kuf(a) + -ic
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Cu·fic   (kōō'fĭk, kyōō'-)   
adj.  Variant of Kufic.
Ku·fic also Cu·fic   (kōō'fĭk, kyōō'-)   
adj.  Relating to or being an angular form of the Arabic alphabet used in making fine copies of the Koran.

[After al-Kūfa, a town of south-central Iraq.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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