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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. the coloring of a person's face;
[syn: complexion, skin color, skin colour]

2. a combination that results from coupling or interlinking;
- Example: "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"

3. a point of view or general attitude or inclination;
- Example: "he altered the complexion of his times"
- Example: "a liberal political complexion"

4. texture and appearance of the skin of the face;

5. (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;


VERB (1)

1. give a certain color to;
- Example: "The setting sun complexioned the hills"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Complexion \Com*plex"ion\ (k[o^]m*pl[e^]k"sh[u^]n), n. [F.
   complexion, fr. L. complexio. See Complex, a.]
   1. The state of being complex; complexity. [Obs.]
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            Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet
            . . . it is properly called a simple syllogism,
            since the complexion does not belong to the
            syllogistic form of it.               --I. Watts.
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   2. A combination; a complex. [Archaic]
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            This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms.
                                                  --Coleridge.
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   3. The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or
      natural disposition; character; nature. [Obs.]
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            If his complexion incline him to melancholy.
                                                  --Milton.
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            It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam.
                                                  --Shak.
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   4. The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.
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            Tall was her stature, her complexion dark.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
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            Between the pale complexion of true love,
            And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain. --Shak.
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   5. The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of
      the sky; the complexion of the news.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

complexion
    n 1: the coloring of a person's face [syn: complexion, skin
         color, skin colour]
    2: a combination that results from coupling or interlinking;
       "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"
    3: a point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he
       altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political
       complexion"
    4: texture and appearance of the skin of the face
    5: (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
    v 1: give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the
         hills"