Definitions for kermis

kermis ker·mis

Spelling: [kur-mis]
IPA: /ˈkɜr mɪs/

Kermis is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in kermis (eikmrs).

Definitions for kermis

noun

  1. (in the Low Countries) a local, annual outdoor fair or festival.
  2. a similar entertainment, usually for charitable purposes.

Origin of kermis

1570-80; Dutch, earlier ker(c)misse (kerc church + misse Mass); originally a fair at the dedication of a church

Examples for kermis

Very festive is the appearance of a town in the kermis week.

On this bier was supposed to rest all that remained of the kermis.

As they drew near the city it was easy to see that everybody was going to the kermis, and was thinking of nothing else.

They see each other at the kermis, or in the street, or fields.

Just as the kermis is rung in by the bells, so also it is tolled out again.

It was the kermis or annual fair, and all the world was keeping holiday in Utrecht.

The children were looking forward to this with as much pleasure as they had to any feature of the kermis.

The Arabs received the kermis from Armenia, and the name was originally “Quer-més,” “oak-apple.”

As soon as I finish making the mannikins for the knitting bags at the kermis.

Isn't it nice that Theodore has come in time for the kermis?

Word Value for kermis
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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