complection

[ kuhm-plek-shuhn ]

/ kəmˈplɛk ʃən /

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Origin of complection

By misanalysis; see complected

My marster looked like you, jes' the same complection and about your size.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2|Work Projects Administration
On the Gothic establishments in the south and west of Europe, government took a military complection.
A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings|Noah Webster
On entering the room, through all the dead white of her present complection, she blushed to a crimson.
A Simple Story|Mrs. Inchbald