a. [ad. med.L. complexiōnāl-is, f. complexiōn-em: see COMPLEXION and -AL.]

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  † 1.  Of or pertaining to the physical ‘temperament’ or constitution, constitutional. Obs.

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1398.  Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XVII. cxli. (1495), 697. Rewe … kyndlyth … complexionall drynesse and hete [intendit siccitatem et calorem complexionalem].

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1646.  Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., VI. xii. 336. So may the … Negroes become coal-black, from fuliginous efflorescences and complectionall tinctures.

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1694.  R. L’Estrange, Fables, c. (1714), 116. Other Dreams are only Complexional.

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1734.  Watts, Reliq. Juv. (1789), 129. This bodily virtue … this complexional bravery.

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  transf.  1750.  trans. Leonardus’ Mirr. Stones, 54. The special Virtues, as well as the complexional, in Stones.

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  † 2.  Of or pertaining to the mental constitution, temperament, or disposition; constitutional. Obs.

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1637.  Blunt, Voy. Levant, 78. Mens opinions are in great part, complexionall, and habituall.

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1756.  Burke, Subl. & B., Introd. 34. A greater complexional sensibility.

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1848.  L. Hunt, Jar Honey, ii. 9. With complexional indolence.

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  3.  Pertaining to the complexion (of the skin).

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1820.  H. Matthews, Diary of Invalid, 27. It is in expression of countenance and gracefulness of carriage that their [Portuguese women] charm consists, for to complexional beauty they have no claims.

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