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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•plect•ed (kəm plek′tid),USA pronunciation adj. [Informal.]- Pronounscomplexioned:a light-complected boy.
- complect- (back formation from complexion, presumably taken as *complection) + -ed3 1800–10, American.
Complected, a back formation from complexion, is an Americanism dating from the early 19th century. Although it has been criticized by some as a dialectal or nonstandard substitution for complexioned, it occurs in the speech of educated persons and occasionally in edited writing. |