Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Marked by or having a particular facial complexion. Often used in combination.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Woven together; interwoven.
  • Of a certain complexion; complexioned: usually in composition: as, light-complected.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Low, New Eng. Complexioned.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of complect.
  • adjective US (in combination) Having a specified complexion; complexioned

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Back-formation from complection, variant of complexion.]

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Examples

  • Of course she has very curly hair and I am whiter 'complected' than she is, not that that makes any difference, it is just the people who were really nasty to me were mostly white - like me.

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  • Of course she has very curly hair and I am whiter 'complected' than she is, not that that makes any difference, it is just the people who were really nasty to me were mostly white - like me.

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  • Of course she has very curly hair and I am whiter 'complected' than she is, not that that makes any difference, it is just the people who were really nasty to me were mostly white - like me.

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  • Of course she has very curly hair and I am whiter 'complected' than she is, not that that makes any difference, it is just the people who were really nasty to me were mostly white - like me.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Of course she has very curly hair and I am whiter 'complected' than she is, not that that makes any difference, it is just the people who were really nasty to me were mostly white - like me.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Of course she has very curly hair and I am whiter 'complected' than she is, not that that makes any difference, it is just the people who were really nasty to me were mostly white - like me.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Of course she has very curly hair and I am whiter 'complected' than she is, not that that makes any difference, it is just the people who were really nasty to me were mostly white - like me.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Of course she has very curly hair and I am whiter 'complected' than she is, not that that makes any difference, it is just the people who were really nasty to me were mostly white - like me.

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  • Would the commenters above be so quick to dismiss the actions of the officer if the protagonist had been more darkly complected?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » When a Police Officer Pulls Over a Law Student 2010

  • But those dark complected fans are frequently identified as the mother/father of one of the players.

    David Coleman: Do We Need Affirmative Action Admissions at NBA Games? 2010

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