complexion

Definition

The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.

Etymology

From Middle English complexion (“temperament”), from Old French complexion (French complexion), from Medieval Latin complexiō (“complexion, constitution”), from complector, past participle complexus (“to entwine, encompass”).

Example Sentences

• "a rugged complexion"
• "a sunburnt complexion"
• "Prince of Morocco: Mislike me not for my complexion, / The shadow’d livery of the burnish’d sun, / To whom I am a neighbour, and near bred. […]"

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