Definition of Complexion

Com`plex´ion   Pronunciation: kǒm`plĕk´shŭn
n.1.The state of being complex; complexity.
2.A combination; a complex.
This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms.
- Coleridge.
3.The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature.
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.
5.The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news.


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