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Definition of Complexioned
1. a. Having (such) a complexion; -- used in composition; as, a dark-complexioned or a ruddy- complexioned person.
Definition of Complexioned
1. Adjective. (''in combination'') Having a specified type of complexion ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Complexioned
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Complexioned
Literary usage of Complexioned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Boston Slave Riot, and Trial of Anthony Burns: Containing the Report of the by Fetridge and Co (1854)
"He does not recollect whether he is a negro or mulatto, or of what shade, so he
calls him " dark complexioned," and he can speak only of a scar, ..."
2. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1865)
"... him to say that he considered the first Asiatic invaders to have been fair
complexioned, and that the light haired Europeans were their descendants. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Arsenic-eaters are stated to be fresh complexioned, with a tendency to stoutness,
to be long-lived, but to die suddenly. The workmen engaged in the ..."
4. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1828)
"but you expected to find me a smooth-skinned, clear-complexioned gentleman, such
as I was when I left home, dressed in the newest taste, and like the fine ..."
5. Lectures on the Principles and Methods of Medical Observation and Research by Thomas Laycock (1857)
"PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE OLIVE-Complexioned ARTHRITIC DIATHESIS.—The olive-complexioned
or bilious arthritic diathesis is usually asthenic, and is comparatively ..."
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