complexionless
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of complexionless
First recorded in 1855–60; complexion + -less
Example Sentences
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My heart beat high; for, in those four male personages, although complexionless and eyebrowless, I beheld four subjects of the Family P. Salcy.
From The Uncommercial Traveller by Dickens, Charles
He was tall and thin, with a smooth complexionless face, but to the master's astonishment he had the blue gray eye of the higher or Castilian type of native Californian.
From Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Harte, Bret
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