complexion
(noun) (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
complexion
(noun) texture and appearance of the skin of the face
complexion, skin color, skin colour
(noun) the coloring of a person’s face
complexion
(noun) a point of view or general attitude or inclination; “he altered the complexion of his times”; “a liberal political complexion”
complexion
(noun) a combination that results from coupling or interlinking; “diphthongs are complexions of vowels”
complexion
(verb) give a certain color to; “The setting sun complexioned the hills”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
complexion (plural complexions)
(obsolete, medicine) The combination of humours making up one's physiological "temperament", being either hot or cold, and moist or dry.
The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
(figuratively) The outward appearance of something.
Outlook, attitude, or point of view.
(loanword, especially in scientific works translated from German) An arrangement.
• See also countenance
complexion (third-person singular simple present complexions, present participle complexioning, simple past and past participle complexioned)
(transitive) To give a colour to.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*plex"ion, n. Etym: [F. complexion, fr. L. complexio. See Complex, a.]
1. The state of being complex; complexity. [Obs.] Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet . . . it is proprly called a simple syllogism, since the complexion does not belong to the syllogistic form of it. I. Watts.
2. A combination; a complex. [Archaic] This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms. Coleridge.
3. The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature. [Obs.] 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. Wordswoorth. Between the pale complexion of true love, And the red glow of scron and proud disdain. Shak.
5. The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 September 2024
(adjective) capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent
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