Gurn

As a grimace is defined as the intentional strange - quirky, funny or ugly - facial expression ( mimic).

The word was borrowed in the 17th century from the same major French grimace. This is probably a Germanic word for ' mask ' ( Old High German grimo, Grima Old English, Old Icelandic Grima ) basis. Different grimaces be fixed in masks made ​​of suitable material or as face painting and then used for masques or carnival.

For children, " grimace ", a popular game. You learn by their facial expressions to control consciously. With other children's games are grimaces important ( eg looking at duel ).

Grimacing

The term Grimacing also referred to the distortion of the facial muscles without a corresponding mental process. This " grimacing " can also be a motor disorder ( tic ) or characteristic of a disease to be, in which the facial muscles twitch uncontrollably (eg in children with West syndrome or in Huntington's disease ). It occurs especially in hebephrenia.