complexional

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English

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Etymology

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From complexion +‎ -al.

Adjective

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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.

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