Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - complexion

 noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ~-, complexio, from Latin, combination, from complecti  Date: 14th century  1. the combination of the hot, cold, moist, and dry qualities held in medieval physiology to determine the quality of a body  2.  a. an individual complex of ways of thinking or feeling  b. a complex of attitudes and inclinations  3. the hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the face a dark ~  4. overall aspect or character by changing the ~ of the legislative branch — Trevor Armbrister  • ~al adjective  • ~ed adjective