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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•plex•ion /kəmˈplɛkʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, esp. of the face.
- appearance;
general or overall character: This testimony puts a different complexion on things. - viewpoint, attitude, or belief:one's political complexion.
com•plex•ion•al, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: complexion /kəmˈplɛkʃən/ n - the colour and general appearance of a person's skin, esp of the face
- aspect, character, or nature: the general complexion of a nation's finances
- obsolete the temperament of a person
- the temperature and general appearance of the body
Etymology: 14th Century: from medical Latin complexiō one's bodily characteristics, from Latin: a combination, from complectī to embrace; see complexcomˈplexional adj com′plex i′on, [Chem.]- Chemistrya charged complex. Cf. complex (def. 10).
com•plex•ion (kəm plek′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, esp. of the face:a clear, smooth, rosy complexion.
- appearance;
aspect;
character:His confession put a different complexion on things. - viewpoint, attitude, or conviction:one's political complexion.
- Physiology(in old physiology) constitution or nature of body and mind, regarded as the result of certain combined qualities.
- [Obs.]nature;
disposition;
temperament.
Also, complection. - Medieval Latin complexiōn- (stem of complexiō) constitution, temperament, Latin: combination, group, literally, the act of embracing. See complex, -ion
- Middle English 1300–50
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