Definitions for complexion
kəmˈplɛk ʃəncom·plex·ion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. complexion, skin color, skin colournoun

   the coloring of a person's face

2. complexionnoun

   a combination that results from coupling or interlinking

   "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"

3. complexionnoun

   a point of view or general attitude or inclination

   "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion"

4. complexionnoun

   texture and appearance of the skin of the face

5. complexionverb

   (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

6. complexionverb

   give a certain color to

   "The setting sun complexioned the hills"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. complexionnoun

   The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.

2. complexionnoun

   The outward appearance of something.

3. complexionnoun

   Outlook, attitude, or point of view.

4. Etymology: From complexion, from complexion, complexion, from complexio, from complecti, past participle complexus

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Complexionnoun

   Etymology: complexio, Latin.

   1. The inclosure or involution of one thing in another.

   Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet where the composition of the whole argument is thus plain, simple and regular, it is properly called a simple syllogism, since the complexion does not belong to the syllogistick form of it. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   2. The colour of the external parts of any body.

   Men judge by the complexion of the sky
   The state and inclination of the day. William Shakespeare, Rich. II.

   How sweetly dost thou minister to love,
   That know love’s grief by his complexion! William Shakespeare.

   What see you in those papers, that you lose
   So much complexion? William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   He so takes on yonder, so rails against all married mankind, so curses all Eve’s daughters, of what complexion soever. William Shakespeare.

   Why doth not beauty then refine the wit,
   And good complexion rectify the will? Davies.

   Niceness, though it renders them insignificant to great purposes, yet it polishes their complexion, and makes their spirits seem more vigorous. Jeremy Collier, on Pride.

   If I write on a black man, I run over all the eminent persons of that complexion. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 262.

   3. The temperature of the body according to the various proportions of the four medical humours.

   ’Tis ill, though different your complexions are,
   The family of heav n for men should war. John Dryden, Fables.

   For from all tempers he could service draw,
   The worth of each, with its allay, he knew;
   And, as the confident of nature, saw
   How she complexions did divide and brew. Dryden.

   The methods of providence men of this complexion must be unfit for the contemplation of. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

   Let melancholy rule supreme,
   Choler preside, or blood or phlegm,
   It makes no diff’rence in the case,
   Nor is complexion honour’s place. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Complexion

   Complexion in humans is the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially on the face.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Complexionnoun

   the state of being complex; complexity

2. Complexionnoun

   a combination; a complex

3. Complexionnoun

   the bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature

4. Complexionnoun

   the color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face

5. Complexionnoun

   the general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news

6. Etymology: [F. complexion, fr. L. complexio. See Complex, a.]

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1. Complexion

   Complexion refers to the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially that of the face.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Complexion

   kom-plek′shun, n. disposition: colour: quality: colour or look of the skin, esp. of the face: general appearance, temperament, or texture: (Shak.) bodily constitution.—v.t. to give a colour to.—adjs. Complex′ional, pertaining to the complexion; Complex′ioned, having a certain complexion, or temperament; Complex′ionless, colourless: pale. [Fr.,—L. complexio, a combination, physical structure of body—complecti, complexus, to embrace—plectĕre, to plait.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COMPLEXION

   Color for the face. From Eng. _complex_, difficult, and _shun_, to avoid. To avoid difficulty, buy it of the druggist.

Matched Categories

1. • Appearance
   • Combination
   • Point Of View
   • Tinge

How to pronounce complexion?

1. Alex

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   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of complexion in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of complexion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of complexion in a Sentence

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.

2. Christopher Andersen:

   I was able to trace this back to a comment that was made by Prince Charles to [Duchess] Camilla on the day that the announcement of Harry and Meghan’s engagement was made, and what he did was casually turn to her like any grandparent to be would do and say, ‘I wonder what their children will look like, hair color, eye color, complexion.’.

3. Derek Bloomfield:

   He has had the grumpy expression from day one, the vet said he's as healthy as any other puppy. He just looks grumpy because of his underbite, wrinkles and dark complexion.

4. Helen Baxendale:

   People are really stupid. They think you're serious and intelligent if you're a brunette with a pale complexion and a bit of hooked nose. If you're blonde and pretty, they don't give you that sort of part. It's short-sighted and stupid, but that's how it goes.

5. Shuting Hu:

   In East Asian culture, women prefer lighter skin tone because they believe' y? bái zh? b?i ch?u,' which means' a white complexion is powerful enough to hide seven faults,'.

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