complexions

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plural of complexion
complexion
Outlook, attitude, or point of view
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{i} overall appearance of the skin; state of things, general condition
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{n} the color or the face, constitution
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When you refer to someone's complexion, you are referring to the natural colour or condition of the skin on their face. She had short brown hair and a pale complexion
complexion
a point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion"
complexion
The outward appearance of something
complexion
the coloring of a person's face
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texture and appearance of the skin of the face
complexion
The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face
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The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature
complexion
(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 texture and appearance of the skin of the face the coloring of a person's face a point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion"
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literally means “what embraces or contains,” and the idea implies that the colour of the skin corresponds to the habit of body, and the habit of body answers to the element which predominates If fire predominates, the person is bilious or full of bile, if air, he is sanguine or full of blood, if earth, the body is melancholic or full of black bile, if water, it is phlegmatic or full of phlegm The first is hot and dry, the second hot and moist, the third cold and dry, and the last moist and cold like water “'Tis ill, tho' different your complexions are [i e dispositions] ” Dryden “Cretans through mere complexion lie ” Pitt: Hymn of Callimachus Compline (2 syl ) The last service of the day in the Roman Catholic Church First appointed by the abbot Benedict in the sixth century The word is a corruption of completorium In ecclesiastical Latin vesperinus, from vesper, means evening service, and completinus is formed on the same model
complexion
give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills
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of the face
complexion
A combination; a complex
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The state of being complex; complexity
complexion
give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills"
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The color or hue of the skin, esp
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a combination that results from coupling or interlinking; "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"
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The complexion of something is its general nature or character. But surely this puts a different complexion on things
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The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news
complexion
(INCIDENT SUSPECT)
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