Definition of Kermess

1. kermis [n -ES] - See also: kermis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kermess

kerfuffle
kerfuffles
kerion
keriorrhea
keris
kerite
kerites
kerl
kerlix
kerls
kerma
kermas
kermes
kermes oak
kermesite
kermess (current term)
kermesse
kermesses
kermis
kermises
kermode
kermode bears
kermodes
kern
kern-plasma relation theory
kernal
kerne
kerned
kernel
kernel blight

Literary usage of Kermess

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Masters in Art: A Series of Illustrated Monographs (1907)
"... The Flemish kermess (Plate vn); Interior of the Archduke Leopold William's Gallery; Temptation of St. Anthony; Portrait of a Man in Black — ENGLAND. ..."

2. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"In all history there is no other such example of fecundity combined with such imaginative power, and such prodigious creative faculty. FIG. 492. —kermess. ..."

3. Berlin and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker, Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"Return from the kermess, 1039. Mother and child, *1041. Scene from the Prater at Vienna. CAB. 4. Almost exclusively works by the Berlin painter Karl ..."

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