noun
- The coloring of a person's face.
- synonyms: skin color, skin colour
- A combination that results from coupling or interlinking.
- usage: "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"
- A point of view or general attitude or inclination.
- usage: "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion"
- Texture and appearance of the skin of the face.
- 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
- Give a certain color to.
- usage: "The setting sun complexioned the hills"
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