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• a variation of complexion.

complection

American  

[kuhm-plek-shuhn] / kəmˈplɛk ʃən /

noun

1. complexion.

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Etymology

Origin of complection

By misanalysis; see complected

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Example Sentences

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complection

Be garr, dis Earle be de chollericke complection, almost skipshack, be garr: he no point staie for one place.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen

By the complection of some part of the news which has transpired through the New York papers, it seems probable that this insidious era in the British politics is beginning to make its appearance.

From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis by Moncure Daniel Conway

She was," he says, "of an ordinary stature, not too fat, her mien was majestic, her eyes full, her face was oval, and her complection was delicate and extremely fair.

From Women of England by Bartlett Burleigh James

I liked her looks first rate; of course she hain’t what you may call handsome, and her complection is pretty middlin’ dark, but she has a good look and a good way with her.

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Marietta Holley

They are a people of a small stature, well shaped, of an olive complection, with black hair, in behaviour very civil, they have little clothes, except about their waists, notwithstanding the climate is very cold.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

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