Colour of the face, complexion; visage. archaic.
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释义 | the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > [noun] (7) bleea1225 Colour of the face, complexion; visage. archaic. huec1275 External appearance of the face and skin, complexion. Also transferred. (In late use passing into 3.) hide and (or) hue: see hide, n.1 2b. colourc1300 The hue of a person's skin, typically of the face, esp. as reflecting or indicating physical health or emotional state (cf. to change colour at… complexion1580 The natural colour, texture, and appearance of the skin, esp. of the face; originally as showing the ‘temperament’ or bodily constitution. (Now… reward1673 English regional (northern). A (good) colour or complexion of the face. Obsolete. Subcategories:— colour developed on skin (1) — graduated table of skin colours (1) |
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