complexional

complexional

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English complexion
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English complexional

    From complexion + -al.

    Adjective

    complexional (not comparable)

    1. (obsolete) Pertaining to one's physical composition; constitutional.
    2. (obsolete) Pertaining to one's mental disposition; temperamental.
      • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France:
        From hence arises the complexional disposition of some of your guides to pull every thing in pieces.
    3. Pertaining to the complexion of the skin.

    Derived terms

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