discomplexion en · VERB
Etymology
From dis- + complexion.
Meanings
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(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 […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act I, scene i:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| discomplexions | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| discomplexioned | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| discomplexioned | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| discomplexioning | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |