Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COM-PLEX'ION, n. [complex'yon.]

1. Involution; a complex state. [Little used.] – Watts.
2. The color of the skin, particularly of the face; the color of the external parts of a body or thing; as, a fair complexion; a dark complexion; the complexion of the sky.
3. The temperament, habitude, or natural disposition of the body; the peculiar cast of the constitution, which gives it a particular physical character; a medical term, but used to denote character, or description; as, men of this or that complexion. 'Tis ill, though different your complexions are, / The family of heaven for men should war. – Dryden.