Etymology

kirmess

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Today it means: An outdoor festival and fair, originally in a German or Dutch-speaking country Full definition →

German Kirmes ← Dutch kermis
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  1. Dutch · derived fromkermis
  2. German · derived fromKirmes
  3. English todaykirmess

From German Kirmes and Dutch kermis, both originally “church mass”, referring to a festival on the anniversary of the consecration of a church. See respective entries for more.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.