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English
Etymology
From dis- + complexion.
Verb
discomplexion (third-person singular simple present discomplexions, present participle discomplexioning, simple past and past participle discomplexioned)
- (obsolete, transitive) To taint or stain (change the complexion or shade of).
1635 February 16 (licensing date), James Shirley, “The Coronation. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies , London: Humphrey Robinson, , and for Humphrey Moseley , published 1679, →OCLC, Act I, scene i:Then his band / May be disordered and transformed from lace / To cutwork; his rich clothes be discomplexioned / With blood, beside the infashionable slashes.
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