-complexioned


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
complexion/kəmˈplekʃn/
noun
  • 1 the natural tone and texture of the skin of a person's face.
  • 2 the general character of something: the complexion of the game changed.
– derivatives
-complexioned adjective.
– origin ME (denoting temperament or constitution as determined by combination of the bodily humours): via OFr. from L. complexio(n-) ‘combination’, from complectere ‘embrace, comprise’.
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