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kermess

kermess is the alternative form of kirmess.

Meaning of kirmess

Noun

kirmess (plural kirmesses)

  1. An outdoor festival and fair, originally in a German or Dutch-speaking country
  2. A social entertainment event similar to a fête or fair. It can be inside or outside, and often involves fundraising for religious purposes.

Forms of kermess

pluralkermesses

Questions about kermess

What is kermess the alternative form of?
Kermess is the alternative form of kirmess.

Words near kermess in the dictionary

  1. kermesic acid
  2. kermesid
  3. kermesids
  4. kermesite
  5. kermesites
  6. kermess
  7. kermesse
  8. kermesses
  9. kermi
  10. kermis
  11. kermises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kermess (page history and authors); kirmess (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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