complexion
noun
[ kəmˈplɛkʃ(ə)n ]
• the natural colour, texture, and appearance of a person's skin, especially of the face.
• "a smooth, pale complexion"
Similar:
skin,
skin colour,
skin colouring,
skin tone,
skin texture,
pigmentation,
• the general aspect or character of something.
• "the complexion of the game changed"
Similar:
perspective,
angle,
slant,
interpretation,
aspect,
appearance,
light,
look,
countenance,
type,
kind,
sort,
nature,
character,
disposition,
description,
cast,
stamp,
hue,
ilk,
kidney,
grain,
mould,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin complexio(n- ) ‘combination’ (in late Latin ‘physical constitution’), from complectere ‘embrace, comprise’. The term originally denoted physical constitution or temperament determined by the combination of the four bodily humours, hence complexion (sense 1) (late 16th century) as a visible sign of this.
