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complexion

or com·plec·tion

[ kuhm-plek-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially of the face:

    a clear, smooth, rosy complexion.

  2. appearance; aspect; character:

    His confession put a different complexion on things.

  3. viewpoint, attitude, or conviction:

    one's political complexion.

  4. (in old physiology) constitution or nature of body and mind, regarded as the result of certain combined qualities.
  5. Obsolete. nature; disposition; temperament.


complexion

/ kəmˈplɛkʃən /

noun

  1. the colour and general appearance of a person's skin, esp of the face
  2. aspect, character, or nature

    the general complexion of a nation's finances

  3. obsolete.
    1. the temperament of a person
    2. the temperature and general appearance of the body


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Derived Forms

  • comˈplexional, adjective

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Other Words From

  • com·plexion·al adjective
  • com·plexion·al·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of complexion1

1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin complexiōn- (stem of complexiō ) constitution, temperament, Latin: combination, group, literally, the act of embracing. See complex, -ion

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Word History and Origins

Origin of complexion1

C14: from medical Latin complexiō one's bodily characteristics, from Latin: a combination, from complectī to embrace; see complex

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Example Sentences

The OPTE wand digitally scans your skin, analyzes your complexion, and camouflages age spots, sunspots, acne scars, and hyperpigmentation with a custom-tinted and hydrating serum.

For that radiant complexion, Sheriff-Hendricks used a combination of the brand’s beloved Luminous Silk Hydrating Primer, the Neo Nude Foundation, Luminous Silk Concealer, and Neo Nude Fusion Powder.

Wexler said releasing the dash-cam video changed the complexion of the case.

Al was starting to have trouble breathing and his complexion seemed to be turning ashen.

In the end, we learn that the pigman was, of course, just a man who is about five feet, hairless, with a pink complexion.

His complexion was ruddy, his fair skin burnt from time in the sun.

Since The Great White Way was given that strange moniker in 1890, the majority of actors have also bore a pasty complexion.

You become aware of the complexion of colors and “the restrained luxury of the surfaces.”

Imagine the lifelong impact on a girl who, from her earliest days at school, is looked upon as ugly because of her complexion.

He is lean, well muscled, the complexion of a hazel nut, with black, sympathetic eyes.

Madame Ratignolle, more careful of her complexion, had twined a gauze veil about her head.

Why use dangerous cosmetics when Jones' soap retains youth and health for the complexion, and fosters the development of beauty?

Gunn possessed a purple complexion which attained to full vigor of coloring in the nasal region.

Within five days of Lannes's taking over command the whole complexion of the situation had altered.

Their complexion is a light bronze, stunted in stature, well-knit, and about the middle size.

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