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complexioned, ppl. a.|kəmˈplɛkʃənd|
[f. complexion n. and v. + -ed.]
†1. Having a (specified) physical habit, constitution, or ‘temperament’. Obs.
1413Lydg. Pilgr. Sowle iv. xxvi. (1483) 71 A sowle to whiche is yeue a wel complexyoned body. 1576Newton Lemnie's Complex. (633) 154 The inward notes of this complexioned body..a hot and moist quality incident to blood. 1704D'Urfey A. & Panthea i. 6 Complection'd sanguine, and of swarthy hue.
†2. Having a (specified) mental constitution, disposition, or temperament; disposed. Obs.
1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. ii. §4 Such [natures] as are complexioned for humility. 1698Norris Pract. Disc. IV. 319 The best Complexion'd Soul among the Heirs of Adam. 1795Wakefield Reply 2nd Pt. Paine To Rdr. vi, One of your cold-complexioned mortals.
3. Having a (specified) complexion, or colour and texture of skin.
1615W. Hull Mirr. Maiestie A j a, If he were complexioned and pale-coloured like the dead. 1715Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) I. 56 The Inhabitants are healthy..and very well complexion'd. 1859Lang. Wand. India 314 The people of the place are all fair-complexioned.
b. transf. Having a (specified) colour or aspect.
1639Fuller Holy War i. xviii. (1840) 33 Those hypocrite apples and well complexioned dust..which touched fall to ashes. 1861L. L. Noble Icebergs 282 Salmon..complexioned like the marigold ‘damasked by the neighboring rose’. 1890Chamb. Jrnl. 28 June 405/1 The darkling waters, now complexioned into lividness by the gloomy..sky. |