complexion.
The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
Meaning & usage
The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
a rugged complexion
a sunburnt complexion
The outward appearance of something.
Outlook, attitude, or point of view.
The combination of humours making up one's physiological "temperament", being either hot or cold, and moist or dry.
An arrangement.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English complexion (“temperament”), from Old French complexion (French complexion), from Medieval Latin complexiō (“complexion, constitution”), from complector, past participle complexus (“to entwine, encompass”).
To give a colour to.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English complexion (“temperament”), from Old French complexion (French complexion), from Medieval Latin complexiō (“complexion, constitution”), from complector, past participle complexus (“to entwine, encompass”).
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