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discomplexion

discomplexion verb: to taint or stain (change the complexion or shade of).

Verb

discomplexion (third-person singular simple present discomplexions, present participle discomplexioning, simple past and past participle discomplexioned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To taint or stain (change the complexion or shade of).
    • Then his band / May be disordered and transformed from lace / To cutwork; his rich clothes be discomplexioned / With blood, beside the infashionable slashes.1635 February 16 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), James Shirley, “The Coronation. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […]...

Forms of discomplexion

third-person singular presentdiscomplexions
present participlediscomplexioning
past participlediscomplexioned
pastdiscomplexioned

Origin of discomplexion

From dis- + complexion.

Questions about discomplexion

What does discomplexion mean?
Discomplexion means to taint or stain (change the complexion or shade of).
What part of speech is discomplexion?
Discomplexion is a verb.
What is the past tense of discomplexion?
The past tense of discomplexion is discomplexioned.

Words near discomplexion in the dictionary

  1. discommunity
  2. discompanies
  3. discompany
  4. discompassionate
  5. discompassionately
  6. discomplexion
  7. discomplexioned
  8. discomplexioning
  9. discomplexions
  10. discompliance
  11. discompose

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