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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
complexion
n 1: the coloring of a person's face [syn: {complection}, {skin
color}, {skin colour}]
2: texture and appearance of the skin of the face [syn: {skin
condition}]
v : give a certain color to "The setting sun complexioned the
hills"
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