complexion (3 orig. as showing the bodily temperament)
1.
bodily habit or constitution, orig.
supposed to be constituted by the four ‘humours’
Ham. V. ii. 103
“very sultry and hot for
my complexion.”
2.
constitution or habit
of mind, disposition, temperament, ‘nature’
Ado II. i. 307
“of that jealous ,”
Mer.V. III. i. 32
“it is the of them”
[birds] “all to leave
the dam”; quibblingly in LLL. I. ii. 83.
3.
natural colour and
appearance of the skin, esp. of the face Tp. I. i. 34,
Err. III. ii. 104
“What is she of?—Swart,”
Cor. II. i. 231, Oth. IV. ii. 61.
4.
colour (fig.)
Wint. I. ii. 381
“chang'd c-s,”
H5 II. ii. 73
“lose So much ”
; fig.
2H4 II. ii. 6
“it discolours the of my
greatness.”
∥
AYL. III. ii. 205
“Good my !”
(‘Rosalind appeals to her complexion
not to betray her by changing colour’ Aldis
Wright).
5.
visible aspect, look
(of objects in general)
R2 III. ii. 194
“the of the
sky.”
