complexionary
English
editEtymology
editFrom complexion + -ary.
Adjective
editcomplexionary (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it.
- 1701, unknown author, Several letters between two ladies:
- Thus I perceive English Divines (for the most part) are as Boanerges , ſons of Thunder , againſt these complexionary Arts
References
edit- “complexionary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.