grimacen.

/ɡrɪˈmeɪs/

Forms: Also 1600s grimass(e.

Etymology: < French grimace (14th cent.), of uncertain origin.

1. A distortion of the countenance whether spontaneous or involuntary, expressive of some feeling (esp. annoyance, embarrassment, ill-humour or pain) or tending to excite laughter; a wry face. to make a grimace or grimaces.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun] > grimace or distortion

mowc1330

mopa1475

mocks and mows1508

murgeons?a1513

face1533

smile1550

smilet1591

mump1592

ruffle1602

frown1608

stitcha1625

grimace1651

grimask1671

simagre1680

moppet1693

distortion1718

throw1790

rictus1827

mug1844

monkey-face1939

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vi. 27 Sudden Glory, is the passion which maketh those Grimaces called Laughter.

1668 T. Sydserff Tarugo's Wiles Epil. Say with an indifferent Grimasse, 'tis well enough for a Novice.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 151 With smart remarks of Leering Faces And Annotations of Grimashes!

1786 F. Burney Diary 11 Nov. (1842) III. 219 [The] little heroine, making many involuntary grimaces, but resisting her evident inclination to cry.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 97 I tried to laugh, but could only make a grimace.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xi. 148 Nor were the lawyer's smiles less terrible to her than Quilp's grimaces.

1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 378 He..chooses to..make grimaces before us, like an ordinary clown.

in extended use.1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 357 His boldness of drawing sometimes produces exaggeration and grimace.

a. An affected expression of countenance. †Formerly in wider sense, applied contemptuously to any affected or exaggerated attitude or gesture of politeness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affectation in looks or gestures > instance of

grimace1678

1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery in Wks. (1875) IV. 336 To learn how to make the Plenipotentiary grimass for his Majesty's service.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 38. ⁋8 Take one of your Men of Business, he shall keep you half an Hour with your Hat off..till he has drawn a Crowd that observes you in this Grimace.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 69. ¶2 As I am not versed in the Modern Coptick, our Conferences go no further than a Bow and a Grimace.

1761 S. Johnson Idler I. 47 Men who can bear at once the grimaces of the Gauls, and the howl of the Americans.

1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss III. vi. ix. 132 The Miss Guests were much too well-bred to have any of the grimaces and affected tones that belong to pretentious vulgarity.

b. The employment of affected looks †or gestures. ? Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affectation in looks or gestures

grimace1687

grimacery1863

1687 J. Dryden To H. Higden in H. Higden Mod. Ess. 13th Satyr Juvenal sig. A4 For Posture, Dress, Grimace, and Affectation, Tho' Foes to Sence, are Harmless to the Nation.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 305. ¶10 This Artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, to shrug up their Shoulders in a dubious Case, to connive with either Eye, and in a word, the whole Practice of Political Grimace.

1757 T. Smollett Reprisal i. iii A peacock in pride, in grimace a baboon.

1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xiv. 270 What may be thought grace at Paris, at London may appear grimace.

1816 Brief Remarks Eng. Manners 58 We are too apt to consider as French grimace every deviation from our more reserved or churlish habits.

3. figurative. Affectation, pretence, sham; †an instance of this. ? Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun]

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showingc1300

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illusionc1340

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simulationc1380

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cheera1393

sign?a1425

countenance?c1425

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cloak1526

false colour1531

visure1531

face1542

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show1547

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glass1552

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colourableness1571

fashion1571

personage?1571

ostentation1607

disguise1632

lustrementa1641

grimace1655

varnish1662

masquerade1674

guisea1677

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varnish1743

maya1789

vraisemblance1802

Japan1856

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veneer1868

affectedness1873

candy coating1885

simulance1885

window dressing1903

1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 184 They did veryly beleeue it would be a warr, what grimaces soeuer they made.

1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i. 22 I..said nothing but ad autre, ad autre, and that it was all grimace, and would not pass upon me.

1715 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. 83 Hypocrisie and Grimace seem'd to me the most unworthy of all Vices.

1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber i. 17 All this my Parade, and Grimace of Philosophy.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1817) II. iii. 117 In all her violent declarations against Darnly, there was much more of grimace than reality.

1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. (1818) I. 359 He sees through the grimace of this counterfeited concern for virtue.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ii. 384 He..treated the renewal of the title of Naib Subah..as idle grimace.

1832 T. B. Macaulay Mirabeau in Misc. Writ. (1889) 280 They had found it so easy to perform the grimace of piety, that it was natural for them to consider all piety as grimace.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. vi. 543 The Prince..listened to all this commendation... He knew it to be pure grimace.

1891 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 52 297/2 Everything that had passed before me bore..the stamp of..grimace, hollowness, or histrionism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

grimacev.

/ɡrɪˈmeɪs/

Etymology: < grimace n., or < French grimacer (Cotgrave 1611).

intransitive. To distort the countenance; to make a wry face; †to put on an affected air. Also, to grimace it.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (intransitive)] > distort

fleer?a1400

mowc1450

snowrec1450

to make (also pull) a facec1522

to throw one's facea1525

pot1549

mop1567

murgeonc1586

to cut facesa1616

wrimple1657

work1753

grimace1762

mowl1837

wrinkle1843

mug1856

girn1900

1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 126 It is only clapping on a suit of sables, grimacing it for a few days, and all, soon forgotten, goes on as before.

1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man Epil. 76 He nods, they nod; he cringes, they grimace.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. v. 140 I can grimace like a baboon.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. iv. 352 When so much goes grinning and grimacing as a lifeless Formality,..here once more, if nowhere else, is a Sincerity and Reality.

1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks I. iii. 65 On one spot grimaces the winged lion of St. Mark's, the emblem of Venice.

1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 188 Solomon stuck his tongue in his cheek, and grimaced.

Derivatives

griˈmaced adj. rare affected.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affected in looks or gestures

mumping1594

grimaced1853

1853 W. Anderson Exposure Popery (1878) 214 It is your grimaced priests and demure nuns who are most dexterous at the juggling of conscience.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	grimace
释义	grimacen. /ɡrɪˈmeɪs/ Forms: Also 1600s grimass(e. Etymology: < French grimace (14th cent.), of uncertain origin. 1. A distortion of the countenance whether spontaneous or involuntary, expressive of some feeling (esp. annoyance, embarrassment, ill-humour or pain) or tending to excite laughter; a wry face. to make a grimace or grimaces. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun] > grimace or distortion mowc1330 mopa1475 mocks and mows1508 murgeons?a1513 face1533 smile1550 smilet1591 mump1592 ruffle1602 frown1608 stitcha1625 grimace1651 grimask1671 simagre1680 moppet1693 distortion1718 throw1790 rictus1827 mug1844 monkey-face1939 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vi. 27 Sudden Glory, is the passion which maketh those Grimaces called Laughter. 1668 T. Sydserff Tarugo's Wiles Epil. Say with an indifferent Grimasse, 'tis well enough for a Novice. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 151 With smart remarks of Leering Faces And Annotations of Grimashes! 1786 F. Burney Diary 11 Nov. (1842) III. 219 [The] little heroine, making many involuntary grimaces, but resisting her evident inclination to cry. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 97 I tried to laugh, but could only make a grimace. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xi. 148 Nor were the lawyer's smiles less terrible to her than Quilp's grimaces. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 378 He..chooses to..make grimaces before us, like an ordinary clown. in extended use.1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 357 His boldness of drawing sometimes produces exaggeration and grimace. 2. a. An affected expression of countenance. †Formerly in wider sense, applied contemptuously to any affected or exaggerated attitude or gesture of politeness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affectation in looks or gestures > instance of grimace1678 1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery in Wks. (1875) IV. 336 To learn how to make the Plenipotentiary grimass for his Majesty's service. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 38. ⁋8 Take one of your Men of Business, he shall keep you half an Hour with your Hat off..till he has drawn a Crowd that observes you in this Grimace. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 69. ¶2 As I am not versed in the Modern Coptick, our Conferences go no further than a Bow and a Grimace. 1761 S. Johnson Idler I. 47 Men who can bear at once the grimaces of the Gauls, and the howl of the Americans. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss III. vi. ix. 132 The Miss Guests were much too well-bred to have any of the grimaces and affected tones that belong to pretentious vulgarity. b. The employment of affected looks †or gestures. ? Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affectation in looks or gestures grimace1687 grimacery1863 1687 J. Dryden To H. Higden in H. Higden Mod. Ess. 13th Satyr Juvenal sig. A4 For Posture, Dress, Grimace, and Affectation, Tho' Foes to Sence, are Harmless to the Nation. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 305. ¶10 This Artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, to shrug up their Shoulders in a dubious Case, to connive with either Eye, and in a word, the whole Practice of Political Grimace. 1757 T. Smollett Reprisal i. iii A peacock in pride, in grimace a baboon. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xiv. 270 What may be thought grace at Paris, at London may appear grimace. 1816 Brief Remarks Eng. Manners 58 We are too apt to consider as French grimace every deviation from our more reserved or churlish habits. 3. figurative. Affectation, pretence, sham; †an instance of this. ? Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] hue971 glozea1300 showingc1300 coloura1325 illusionc1340 frontc1374 simulationc1380 visage1390 cheera1393 sign?a1425 countenance?c1425 study?c1430 cloak1526 false colour1531 visure1531 face1542 masquery?1544 show1547 gloss1548 glass1552 affectation1561 colourableness1571 fashion1571 personage?1571 ostentation1607 disguise1632 lustrementa1641 grimace1655 varnish1662 masquerade1674 guisea1677 whitewash1730 varnish1743 maya1789 vraisemblance1802 Japan1856 veneering1865 veneer1868 affectedness1873 candy coating1885 simulance1885 window dressing1903 1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 184 They did veryly beleeue it would be a warr, what grimaces soeuer they made. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i. 22 I..said nothing but ad autre, ad autre, and that it was all grimace, and would not pass upon me. 1715 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. 83 Hypocrisie and Grimace seem'd to me the most unworthy of all Vices. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber i. 17 All this my Parade, and Grimace of Philosophy. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1817) II. iii. 117 In all her violent declarations against Darnly, there was much more of grimace than reality. 1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. (1818) I. 359 He sees through the grimace of this counterfeited concern for virtue. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ii. 384 He..treated the renewal of the title of Naib Subah..as idle grimace. 1832 T. B. Macaulay Mirabeau in Misc. Writ. (1889) 280 They had found it so easy to perform the grimace of piety, that it was natural for them to consider all piety as grimace. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. vi. 543 The Prince..listened to all this commendation... He knew it to be pure grimace. 1891 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 52 297/2 Everything that had passed before me bore..the stamp of..grimace, hollowness, or histrionism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). grimacev. /ɡrɪˈmeɪs/ Etymology: < grimace n., or < French grimacer (Cotgrave 1611). intransitive. To distort the countenance; to make a wry face; †to put on an affected air. Also, to grimace it. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (intransitive)] > distort fleer?a1400 mowc1450 snowrec1450 to make (also pull) a facec1522 to throw one's facea1525 pot1549 mop1567 murgeonc1586 to cut facesa1616 wrimple1657 work1753 grimace1762 mowl1837 wrinkle1843 mug1856 girn1900 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 126 It is only clapping on a suit of sables, grimacing it for a few days, and all, soon forgotten, goes on as before. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man Epil. 76 He nods, they nod; he cringes, they grimace. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. v. 140 I can grimace like a baboon. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. iv. 352 When so much goes grinning and grimacing as a lifeless Formality,..here once more, if nowhere else, is a Sincerity and Reality. 1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks I. iii. 65 On one spot grimaces the winged lion of St. Mark's, the emblem of Venice. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 188 Solomon stuck his tongue in his cheek, and grimaced. Derivatives griˈmaced adj. rare affected. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affected in looks or gestures mumping1594 grimaced1853 1853 W. Anderson Exposure Popery (1878) 214 It is your grimaced priests and demure nuns who are most dexterous at the juggling of conscience. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1651v.1762
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