Com*plex"ion (kŏm*plĕk"shŭn),
n. [F. complexion, fr. L.
complexio. See Complex, a.] 1.
The state of being complex; complexity. [Obs.]
Though the terms of propositions may be complex,
yet . . . it is properly called a simple syllogism, since the
complexion does not belong to the syllogistic form of
it.
I. Watts.
2. A combination; a complex.
[Archaic]
This paragraph is . . . a complexion of
sophisms.
Coleridge.
3. The bodily constitution; the
temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character;
nature. [Obs.]
If his complexion incline him to
melancholy.
Milton.
It is the complexion of them all to leave
the dam.
Shak.
4. The color or hue of the skin, esp. of
the face.
Tall was her stature, her complexion
dark.
Wordsworth.
Between the pale complexion of true
love,
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain.
Shak.
5. The general appearance or aspect; as,
the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the
news.