discomplexion

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ complexion.

Verb

discomplexion (third-person singular simple present discomplexions, present participle discomplexioning, simple past and past participle discomplexioned)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To taint or stain (change the complexion or shade of).
   • 1635 February 16 (licensing date), James Shirley, “The Coronation. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act I, scene i:

     Then his band / May be disordered and transformed from lace / To cutwork; his rich clothes be discomplexioned / With blood, beside the infashionable slashes.

References

• “discomplexion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.