complexional

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adjective

Pertaining to one's physical composition; constitutional.

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English complexion →
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Meanings

adjectivecomplexional (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoletePertaining to one's physical composition; constitutional.
  2. not comparableobsoletePertaining to one's mental disposition; temperamental.

    From hence arises the complexional disposition of some of your guides to pull every thing in pieces.

    1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
  3. not comparablePertaining to the complexion of the skin.

Origin

  1. Englishcomplexion
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishcomplexional

From complexion + -al.

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APA

complexional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complexional

MLA

“complexional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complexional. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “complexional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complexional.

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