kermisn.

Brit.

/ˈkəːmɪs/, U.S.

/ˈkərməs/

Forms: 1500s kirkemesse, 1600s carmas, kermas, kirmish, 1600s– kermis, 1700s kearmas, 1800s kermess(e, kirmess(e.

Etymology: < Dutch kermis (earlier ker- , kirmisse < originally kerk- , kirkmisse ), < kirk kirk n. + mis mass n.¹: compare Middle High German kirmesse, German kirmes, kirms (also kirchmesse), Old Frisian tserkmisse, Old Norse kirkjumessa (Norwegian †kjörmes, -messe); French kermesse; originally the mass or service on the anniversary of the dedication of a church, on which also was held a yearly fair or festival. (Compare St. Giles's Fair in Oxford.)

In the Low Countries, parts of Germany, etc.: A periodical (properly, annual) fair or carnival, characterized by much noisy merry-making. Also U.S. an imitation of this, usually got up for charitable purposes.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > fair

fair?a1300

kermis1577

playa1586

gaff1753

market fair1776

street fair1854

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xviii. 1. 303 Albeit some of them [fairs] are not much better than the common kirkemesses beyond the sea, yet there are diuerse not inferiour to the greatest marts in Europe.

1611 L. Whitaker in Coryat Crambe b ij a Dutch Pappigeay and Carmas gay [Margin. A kind of drunken Dutch faire held on Sundaies and holidaies in afternoones in Sommer time].

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 34 It was now Kermas, or a Faire in this Towne.

1695 J. Dryden in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica Pref. p. xxv The painting of Clowns, the representation of a Dutch Kermis.

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 108 As we came through Harlem, it was Kearmas, which is a great fair, which all the towns in Holland hold once every year.

1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 3 406 It would..have done the readers good, To see the pair to kerk or kermis going.

1883 G. H. Boughton in Harper's Mag. Apr. 690/1 He arrived during the wildest powwow of the ‘kermesse’ [Holland].

1888 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 12 Dec. 1/8 Salem Mechanic Light Infantry Kirmess..is destined to prove a brilliant success.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kermis
释义	kermisn. Brit. /ˈkəːmɪs/, U.S. /ˈkərməs/ Forms: 1500s kirkemesse, 1600s carmas, kermas, kirmish, 1600s– kermis, 1700s kearmas, 1800s kermess(e, kirmess(e. Etymology: < Dutch kermis (earlier ker- , kirmisse < originally kerk- , kirkmisse ), < kirk kirk n. + mis mass n.¹: compare Middle High German kirmesse, German kirmes, kirms (also kirchmesse), Old Frisian tserkmisse, Old Norse kirkjumessa (Norwegian †kjörmes, -messe); French kermesse; originally the mass or service on the anniversary of the dedication of a church, on which also was held a yearly fair or festival. (Compare St. Giles's Fair in Oxford.) In the Low Countries, parts of Germany, etc.: A periodical (properly, annual) fair or carnival, characterized by much noisy merry-making. Also U.S. an imitation of this, usually got up for charitable purposes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > fair fair?a1300 kermis1577 playa1586 gaff1753 market fair1776 street fair1854 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xviii. 1. 303 Albeit some of them [fairs] are not much better than the common kirkemesses beyond the sea, yet there are diuerse not inferiour to the greatest marts in Europe. 1611 L. Whitaker in Coryat Crambe b ij a Dutch Pappigeay and Carmas gay [Margin. A kind of drunken Dutch faire held on Sundaies and holidaies in afternoones in Sommer time]. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 34 It was now Kermas, or a Faire in this Towne. 1695 J. Dryden in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica Pref. p. xxv The painting of Clowns, the representation of a Dutch Kermis. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 108 As we came through Harlem, it was Kearmas, which is a great fair, which all the towns in Holland hold once every year. 1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 3 406 It would..have done the readers good, To see the pair to kerk or kermis going. 1883 G. H. Boughton in Harper's Mag. Apr. 690/1 He arrived during the wildest powwow of the ‘kermesse’ [Holland]. 1888 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 12 Dec. 1/8 Salem Mechanic Light Infantry Kirmess..is destined to prove a brilliant success. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577
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