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Definition of Kirmess
1. n. In Europe, particularly in Belgium and Holland, and outdoor festival and fair; in the United States, generally an indoor entertainment and fair combined.
Definition of Kirmess
1. Noun. An outdoor festival and fair, usually in Belgium or Holland. ¹
2. Noun. (American English) An indoor entertainment and fair combined. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kirmess
1. kermis [n -ES] - See also: kermis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kirmess
Literary usage of Kirmess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Barbara's history by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (1864)
"... over which Hugh and I have a hearty laugh together; and which, roughly
translated, would run as follows:— ESSER'S kirmess RESTAURANT. ..."
2. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"The symbol, crowned with the kirmess garland of flowers and eggs, ... The kirmess
has now begun. It is characterized by all manner of rural sports. ..."
3. The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz, Frederic Bancroft, William Archibald Dunning (1908)
"THE REMINISCENCES OF CARL SCHURZ Summer was for us a period of festivities.
In May occurred the kirmess in Lind, Ohm Peter's home, and late in the autumn ..."
4. The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz, Frederic Bancroft, William Archibald Dunning (1907)
"Summer was for us a period of festivities. Already in May occurred the kirmess
in Lind, Ohm Peter's home, and late in the autumn the ..."
5. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"(figures by Rotten- hammer), St. Fulgentius in a Grotto, Museum, Vienna ; Wood
Landscape, Liechtenstein Gallery, ib. ; kirmess in Dutch Town, ..."
6. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1883)
"Every parish in the Rhineland celebrates annually its kirmess, or feast of the
... In Cologne and other large towns kirmess is more strictly religious. ..."
7. Book of the Rhine from Cleve to Mainz, by S. Barring-Gould ... With Eight by Sabine Baring-Gould (1906)
"In 1497 Boppard was besieged, and very nearly lost the chance of celebrating its
kirmess. It was held traditionally, that if once the merry-makng on the ..."
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