complection
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]complection (plural complections)
- Obsolete spelling of complexion.
- c. 1534, Desiderius Eramus, An epystell of ye famous doctor Erasmus of Roterdam, Thomas Godfray (London), p. 46,
- What nedeth it here to reherse divers diseases and sicknesses / ye weaknesse of olde men and yonge chyldren / povertie / & the certayn peculyar nature & complection of bodies.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Knight’s Tale, as it was Written by Geffrey Chaucer”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 598:
- All be ye not of one complecction / That cauſeth all day ſuch deuiſion.
- c. 1534, Desiderius Eramus, An epystell of ye famous doctor Erasmus of Roterdam, Thomas Godfray (London), p. 46,