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-[[Image:The Bitter Potion.jpg|200px|thumb|right|''[[The Bitter Potion]]'' (c. 1635) by [[Adriaen Brouwer]]]]+[[Image:Demonstration of the mechanics of facial expression. Duchenne and an assistant faradize the mimetic muscles of The Old Man.jpg |thumb|right|200px|[[Old Toothless Man]]
 +<br>The image depicts the mechanics of [[facial expression]] while [[Duchenne]] and an assistant [[faradize]] the [[mimetic muscles]] of "The Old Man"]]
 +[[Image:The Bitter Potion.jpg|200px|thumb|left|''[[The Bitter Potion]]'' (c. 1635) by [[Adriaen Brouwer]]]]
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A '''grimace''' is a [[facial expression]]. It is a [[distortion]] of the [[countenance]], whether habitual, from [[affectation]], or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as [[contempt]], [[disapprobation]], [[complacency]], [[disgust]], [[disapproval]] and [[pain]]; a [[smirk]]; a made-up face. A '''grimace''' is a [[facial expression]]. It is a [[distortion]] of the [[countenance]], whether habitual, from [[affectation]], or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as [[contempt]], [[disapprobation]], [[complacency]], [[disgust]], [[disapproval]] and [[pain]]; a [[smirk]]; a made-up face.
 +==Etymology==
 +From French '''fr''', from Middle French '''frm''', from Old French ''grimace'', ''grimuche'', from ''grime'' (“mask”), from Old Frankish ''*grīma'' (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic ''*grīmô'' (“mask, helmet”), from Proto-Indo-European ''*gʰer-'' (“to stroke, rub”). Cognate with Old English ''grīma'' (“mask, visor, helmet, spectre, apparition”). More at [[grime]].
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==See also== ==See also==
*[[Caricature]] *[[Caricature]]
 +*[[Character Heads]], a collection of busts with faces contorted in extreme facial expressions by [[Franz Xaver Messerschmidt]]
 +*[[Les Grimaces]], a series of humoristic engravings published by French artist Léopold Boilly in 1823
 +*[[Old Toothless Man]], the informal title to a photo from a photo session by French neurologist Duchenne de Boulogne.
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A grimace is a facial expression. It is a distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, disgust, disapproval and pain; a smirk; a made-up face.

Etymology

From French fr, from Middle French frm, from Old French grimace, grimuche, from grime (“mask”), from Old Frankish *grīma (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask, helmet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to stroke, rub”). Cognate with Old English grīma (“mask, visor, helmet, spectre, apparition”). More at grime.

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