com·plex·ion (k?m-pl?k?sh?n)n.1. The natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially of the face.2. General character, aspect, or appearance: findings that will alter the complexion of the problem.3. A viewpoint, inclination, or attitude: a conservative political complexion.4. The combination of the four humors of cold, heat, moistness, and dryness in specific proportions, thought in ancient and medieval physiology to control the temperament and the constitution of the body.[Middle English complexioun, physical constitution, from Old French complexion, from Late Latin complexi?, complexi?n-, balance of the humors, from Latin, combination, from complexus, past participle of complect?, to entwine; see complect.]com·plex?ion·al adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.complexion (k?m?pl?k??n) n1. the colour and general appearance of a person’s skin, esp of the face2. aspect, character, or nature: the general complexion of a nation’s finances. 3. obsolete a. the temperament of a personb. the temperature and general appearance of the body[C14: from medical Latin complexi? one’s bodily characteristics, from Latin: a combination, from complect? to embrace; see complex] com?plexional adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014com?plex?ion (k?m?pl?k ??n) n. 1. the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, esp. of the face. 2. appearance; aspect; character: This testimony put a different complexion on things. 3. viewpoint, attitude, or conviction: one’s political complexion. 4. (in medieval physiology) the constitution or nature of body and mind, regarded as the result of certain combined qualities. [1300?50; Middle English See Also: SKIN, WRINKLES