Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or having a specified complexion. Often used in combination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a certain disposition.
- Having a certain hue, especially of the skin; used in composition: as, dark-complexioned, fair-complexioned.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having (such) a complexion; -- used in composition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective in combination Having a specified type of
complexion
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Examples
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The bark is white with a sallow-complexioned blush of orange.
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He was a sandy-complexioned man in whose face geniality and humor seemed the salient characteristics.
All Gold Cañon 2010
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Notoriously vain, the slender six feet, four inches tall, butterscotch complexioned man took great pains to maintain his impeccable appearance.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Notoriously vain, the slender six feet, four inches tall, butterscotch complexioned man took great pains to maintain his impeccable appearance.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Notoriously vain, the slender six feet, four inches tall, butterscotch complexioned man took great pains to maintain his impeccable appearance.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Little or no choices were given unless the person and both parents were very fair complexioned.
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He was a sandy-complexioned man in whose face geniality and humor seemed the salient characteristics.
All Gold Canon 2010
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About 5: 30 a.m. Saturday, a dark-complexioned man with a white towel wrapped around his face and a gun in his right hand leapt over the counter at Athey's Getty Mart.
Loudoun robbery suspect sought J. Freedom du Lac 2010
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He was interrupted by a warm-complexioned man, clad in faded mackinaws.
CHAPTER 26 2010
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Notoriously vain, the slender six feet, four inches tall, butterscotch complexioned man took great pains to maintain his impeccable appearance.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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