English Explanatory Dictionary

complexion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
  2. The outward appearance of something.
  3. Outlook, attitude, or point of view.
  4. The combination of humours making up one's physiological "temperament", being either hot or cold, and moist or dry.
  5. An arrangement.
verb
  1. To give a colour to.

Pronunciation

/kəmˈplɛkʃən/ en-us-complexion.ogg

Word forms

complexion complexions complection complexioning complexioned

Etymology

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”).

Related words

complect complex complexional

Derived words

complexionary complexionless discomplexion
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