n. [ F. complexion, fr. L. complexio. See Complex, a. ]
Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet . . . it is properly called a simple syllogism, since the complexion does not belong to the syllogistic form of it. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
If his complexion incline him to melancholy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tall was her stature, her complexion dark. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Between the pale complexion of true love,
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion. [ 1913 Webster ]
A moral rather than a complexional timidity. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Constitutionally. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Though corruptible, not complexionally vicious. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having (such) a complexion; -- used in composition;
A flower is the best-complexioned grass, as a pearl is the best-colored clay. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]