discomplexion

verb

discomplexion

verb

Etymology From dis- + complexion.

1

Obsolete To taint or stain (change the complexion or shade of).

  • Then his band / May be disordered and transformed from lace / To cutwork; his rich clothes be discomplexioned / With blood, beside the infashionable slashes.1635 February 16 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), James Shirley, “The Coronation. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act I, scene i:

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