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complexion | guise | Synonyms |

Complexion is a synonym of guise.


As a noun complexion

is physical constitution.

As a verb guise is

.

complexion

English

Alternative forms

* complection (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The combination of humours making up one's physiological "temperament", being either hot or cold, and moist or dry.
  • *, III.10:
  • *:Ne ever is he wont on ought to feed / But todes and frogs, his pasture poysonous, / Which in his cold complexion doe breed / A filthy blood.
  • The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
  • :
  • *
  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
  • (lb) The outward appearance of something.
  • Outlook, attitude, or point of view.
  • *1844 ,
  • *:But the purely marginal jottings, done with no eye to the Memorandum Book, have a distinct complexion , and not only a distinct purpose, but none at all; this it is which imparts to them a value.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * complect * complex * complexional

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    guise

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) guise, gise, gyse, from (etyl) guisse, guise, . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (.)
  • * 1924 , Aristotle. Metaphysics . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 5.
    • dialecticians and sophists assume the same guise as the philosopher
  • External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
  • Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.
    • Under the guise of patriotism
  • * 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems''' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
    • Ought we be concerned that our rights to protest are being continually eroded under the guise of enhancing our safety?
    Synonyms
    * (customary way of acting) behavior, manner, mien, practice * (external appearance) appearance, look
    Related terms
    * disguise

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • (Internet slang)
    • Sup guise ? — What's up, guys?
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