Kermis [noun]
Definition of Kermis:
fair with entertainment
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Opposite/Antonyms of Kermis:
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Sentence/Example of Kermis:
The Arabs received the kermis from Armenia, and the name was originally “Quer-més,” “oak-apple.”
One week each year they have a great festival called the "Kermis," which is not unlike the old-fashioned carnival in this country.
The travelling temples reserved for the honour of poffertjes and wafelen are the most noticeable features of any Kermis.
It was at Leyden that I saw my first Kermis, or fair, seven years ago, and ate my first poffertjes and wafelen.
Writing as a foreigner, in no way concerned with the matter, I may express regret that the Kermis is not what it was in Holland.
Possibly were one living in Holland, one would at once join the anti-Kermis party; but I hope not.
We had particularly good fortune since our Thursday was not only market day but the Kermis too.
Isn't it nice that Theodore has come in time for the Kermis?
In snatches of melody from preceding scenes, she recalls the episode at the kermis, the night in the garden.
It was the kermis or annual fair, and all the world was keeping holiday in Utrecht.