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complexion

Pronunciation: /kəmˈplɛkʃ(ə)n/

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Definition of complexion

noun

  • 1the natural colour, texture, and appearance of a person’s skin, especially of the face:an attractive girl with a pale complexion
  • 2the general aspect or character of something:the complexion of the game changed successive governments of all complexions

Derivatives

complexioned

adjective
[in combination]:they were both fair-complexioned

Origin:

Middle English: via Old French from Latin complexio(n-) 'combination' (in late Latin 'physical constitution'), from complectere 'embrace, comprise'. The term originally denoted physical constitution or temperament determined by the combination of the four bodily humours, hence complexion (sense 1) (late 16th century) as a visible sign of this

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