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Webster 1913 Edition


Complexion

Com-plex′ion

(kŏm-plĕk′shŭn)
,
Noun.
[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.
Shakespeare
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.
Shakespeare
5.
The general appearance or aspect;
as, the
complexion
of the sky; the
complexion
of the news
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Complexion

COMPLEXION

, n.
1.
Involution; a complex state.
2.
The color of the skin, particularly of the face; the color of the external parts of a body or thing; as a fair complexion; a dark complexion; the complexion of the sky.
3.
The temperament, habitude, or natural disposition of the body; the peculiar cast of the constitution, which gives it a particular physical character; a medical term, but used to denote character, or description; as, men of this or that complexion.
Tis ill, Though different your complexions are,
The family of heaven for men should war.

Definition 2024


complexión

complexión

See also: complexion and complex ion

Spanish

Noun

complexión f (plural complexiones)

  1. physical constitution

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