/tsim"is/ , n.
1. Also, tsimmes . Jewish Cookery. any of various sweetened combinations of vegetables, fruit, and sometimes meat, prepared as a casserole or stew.
2. fuss; uproar; hullabaloo: He made such a tzimmes over that mistake!
[ 1890-95; tsimes, akin to dial. G (Swabia) zimmes, zimbes compote, stew, Swiss G zimis lunch; compound (orig. prep. phrase) with MHG z, ze unstressed var. of zuo (G zu ) at, TO + MHG, OHG imbiz, imbiz snack, light meal (G Imbiss ), n. deriv. of OHG enbizan to take nourishment; see IN- 1 , BITE ]