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Definitions for: Complexion [n] the coloring of a person's face
[n] (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament
[n] texture and appearance of the skin of the face
[n] a point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion"
[n] a combination that results from coupling or interlinking; "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"
[v] give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills"
Webster (1913) Definition: Com*plex"ion (k[o^]m*pl[e^]k"sh[u^]n), n. [F.
complexion, fr. L. complexio. See Complex, a.]
1. The state of being complex; complexity. [Obs.]
Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet
. . . it is properly called a simple syllogism,
since the complexion does not belong to the
syllogistic form of it. --I. Watts.
2. A combination; a complex. [Archaic]
This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms.
--Coleridge.
3. The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or
natural disposition; character; nature. [Obs.]
If his complexion incline him to melancholy.
--Milton.
It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam.
--Shak.
4. The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.
Tall was her stature, her complexion dark.
--Wordsworth.
Between the pale complexion of true love, And the
red glow of scorn and proud disdain. --Shak.
5. The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of
the sky; the complexion of the news.
Synonyms: skin color, skin colour, skin condition
See Also: achromasia, appearance, blondness, color, coloring, colour, colouring, combination, darkness, duskiness, fairness, hue, imbue, lividity, lividness, luridness, nature, paleness, pallidness, pallor, point of view, rosiness, ruddiness, sallowness, stand, standpoint, swarthiness, tawniness, tinge, viewpoint, visual aspect, wanness
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