Discomplexion

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To taint or stain (change the complexion or shade of). obsolete, transitive

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

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

Etymology

From dis- + complexion.

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