Com*plex"ion (k&obreve;m*pl&ebreve;k"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.
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