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complexional, a.|kəmˈplɛkʃənəl|
[ad. med.L. complexiōnāl-is, f. complexiōn-em: see complexion and -al1.]
†1. Of or pertaining to the physical ‘temperament’ or constitution, constitutional. Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxli. (1495) 697 Rewe..kyndlyth..complexionall drynesse and hete [intendit siccitatem et calorem complexionalem]. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. xii. 336 So may the..Negroes become coal⁓black, from fuliginous efflorescences and complectionall tinctures. 1694R. L'Estrange Fables c. (1714) 116 Other Dreams are only Complexional. 1734Watts Reliq. Juv. (1789) 129 This bodily virtue..this complexional bravery.
transf.1750tr. Leonardus' Mirr. Stones 54 The special Virtues, as well as the complexional, in Stones.
†2. Of or pertaining to the mental constitution, temperament, or disposition; constitutional. Obs.
1637Blunt Voy. Levant 78 Mens opinions are in great part, complexionall, and habituall. 1756Burke Subl. & B. Introd. 34 A greater complexional sensibility. 1848L. Hunt Jar Honey ii. 9 With complexional indolence.
3. Pertaining to the complexion (of the skin).
1820H. Matthews Diary of Invalid 27 To complexional beauty they have no claims. |