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complexion
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Complexion
(gcide) | Complexion \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.]
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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.
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2. A combination; a complex. [Archaic]
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This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms.
--Coleridge.
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3. The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or
natural disposition; character; nature. [Obs.]
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If his complexion incline him to melancholy.
--Milton.
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It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam.
--Shak.
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4. The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.
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Tall was her stature, her complexion dark.
--Wordsworth.
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Between the pale complexion of true love,
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain. --Shak.
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5. The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of
the sky; the complexion of the news.
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complexion
(wn) | complexion
n 1: the coloring of a person's face [syn: complexion, {skin
color}, skin colour]
2: a combination that results from coupling or interlinking;
"diphthongs are complexions of vowels"
3: a point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he
altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political
complexion"
4: texture and appearance of the skin of the face
5: (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
v 1: give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the
hills" |
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complexion
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complexional
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Complexional
(gcide) | Complexional \Com*plex"ion*al\ (-al), a.
Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion.
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A moral rather than a complexional timidity. --Burke.
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Complexionally
(gcide) | Complexionally \Com*plex"ion*al*ly\, adv.
Constitutionally. [R.]
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Though corruptible, not complexionally vicious.
--Burke.
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Complexionary
(gcide) | Complexionary \Com*plex"ion*a*ry\, a.
Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it. --Jer.
Taylor.
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Complexioned
(gcide) | Complexioned \Com*plex"ioned\ (k[o^]m*pl[e^]k"sh[u^]nd), a.
Having (such) a complexion; -- used in composition; as, a
dark-complexioned or a ruddy-complexioned person.
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A flower is the best-complexioned grass, as a pearl is
the best-colored clay. --Fuller.
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Discomplexion
(gcide) | Discomplexion \Dis`com*plex"ion\, v. t.
To change the complexion or hue of. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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complexion
(wn) | complexion
n 1: the coloring of a person's face [syn: complexion, {skin
color}, skin colour]
2: a combination that results from coupling or interlinking;
"diphthongs are complexions of vowels"
3: a point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he
altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political
complexion"
4: texture and appearance of the skin of the face
5: (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
v 1: give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the
hills" |
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