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complexionary
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English
Etymology
From complexion + -ary.
Adjective
complexionary (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
- “complexionary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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