Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet
. . . it is properly called a simple syllogism,
since the complexion does not belong to the
syllogistic form of it. --I. Watts.
2. A combination; a complex. [Archaic]
This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms.
--Coleridge.
3. The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or
natural disposition; character; nature. [Obs.]
If his complexion incline him to melancholy.
--Milton.
It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam.
--Shak.
4. The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.
Tall was her stature, her complexion dark.
--Wordsworth.
Between the pale complexion of true love, And the
red glow of scorn and proud disdain. --Shak.
5. The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of
the sky; the complexion of the news.