complexion
Noun · VerbUS[kuhm-plek-shuhn]/kəmˈplɛkʃən/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (5)
- the coloring of a person's faceSynonyms: skin colorskin colourType of color, colourKinds lividness, whiteness, paleness, ruddiness, tawniness, darkness, sallownessAttribute of blond, brunet
- a combination that results from coupling or interlinking“diphthongs are complexions of vowels”Type of combination
- a point of view or general attitude or inclination“he altered the complexion of his times”“a liberal political complexion”Type of point of view, viewpoint
- texture and appearance of the skin of the faceType of appearance, visual aspect
- (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 temperamentType of nature
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Com·plex′ion (kŏm-plĕk′shŭn), noun
Origin: F. complexion, fr. L. complexio. See Complex, a.
1. The state of being complex; complexity. obsolete
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.— Isaac Watts
2. A combination; a complex. archaic
This paragraph is... a complexion of sophisms.— Samuel T. Coleridge
3. The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature. obsolete
If his complexion incline him to melancholy.— John Milton
It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam.— William Shakespeare
4. The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.
Tall was her stature, her complexion dark.— William Wordsworth
Between the pale complexion of true love, And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain.— William Shakespeare
5. The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54