grimace
A grimace is the deliberately strange - bizarre, comical or ugly - facial expression ( facial expression ).
The word was borrowed from the synonymous French grimace in the 17th century . This is probably based on a Germanic word for "mask" (Old High German grīmo , Old English grīma , Old Icelandic gríma ). Different grimaces are fixed in masks made of suitable material or as face paint and then used for mask games or in carnival .
“Grimacing” is a popular game for children. This will teach you to consciously control your facial expressions. Grimaces are also important in other children's games (e.g. look duels ).
Grimacing
The term grimacing is also used to describe the contraction of the facial muscles without a corresponding mental process. This "grimacing" can also be a motor disorder ( tic ) or the characteristic of a disease in which the facial muscles twitch uncontrollably (e.g. in children with West syndrome or in Huntington's disease ). It occurs especially with hebephrenia .
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- ^ Friedrich Kluge, Elmar Seebold: Etymological dictionary of the German language . 24th edition. Berlin / New York 2002, p. 373.