complexion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The natural colour and look of the skin on a person's face.

   She has a fair complexion that burns easily in the sun.

2. 2
   noun

   The general nature or character of something.

   One late goal completely changed the complexion of the match.

From Middle English complexion (“temperament”), from Old French complexion (French complexion), from Medieval Latin complexiō (“complexion, constitution”), from complector, past participle complexus (“to entwine, encompass”).

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