caffa
noun
caf·fa
ˈkafə
plural -s
1
: a rich silk cloth with printed or woven designs popular in the 16th century
2
: a painted cotton cloth formerly made in India
Word History
Etymology
Arabic dialect kaffa, kaffīyah (literary Arabic kūfīyah), from al-Kufah Al Kufa, town in Iraq where it was made
First Known Use
1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- in striking contrast with
- in stud
- in style
- in substance
- in succession
- in sum
- in summary
- in sunder
- in support of
- in surgery
- in suspense
- in sync
- in synchrony with
- in syndication
- in tandem
- in tatters
- in tears
- in tempo
- in terminal decline
- in terms of
- in that
- in that case
- in that regard
- in that/this regard
- in the (first) flush of