kirmess

American  

[kur-mis] / ˈkɜr mɪs /

noun

1. a variant of kermis.

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kirmess British  

/ ˈkɜːmɪs /

noun

1. a variant spelling of kermis

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Example Sentences

France uses the kirmess oak, which grows in the south of that country and in northern Africa.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various

I would utterly do away with children's parties and "butterfly balls" and kirmess dissipations.

From A String of Amber Beads by Holden, Martha Everts

By a devout, consecrating self-denial which manifests itself in eating and drinking, in singing and dancing, at kirmess, charity balls, amateur theatricals, garden parties; where the cost of our XV.

From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

Poor fellows!" he thought, "there they go to death as joyously as if it were a kirmess dance.

From How Women Love (Soul Analysis) by Nordau, Max Simon