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discomplexioning

discomplexioning is the present participle and gerund of discomplexion.

Meaning of discomplexion

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 […]...

Questions about discomplexioning

What is discomplexioning the present participle and gerund of?
Discomplexioning is the present participle and gerund of discomplexion.

Words near discomplexioning in the dictionary

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

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