Reverse Dictionary: COMPLEXION

ADJECTIVES
► AVISED complexioned; featured → 1877 Eng. dial.
► BLACK-AVISED having a dark complexion, swarthy → 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BLACK-FAVOURED of dark or grimy complexion → 1843 Ireland
► BLACK-FYSE of swarthy complexion → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRIGHT having a healthy glow; fair and rosy-cheeked; said of the complexion, skin → c1250 obs.
► CHUFF having a fresh complexion, healthy-looking → 1869 Eng. dial.
► COMPLECTED complexioned → 1806 Amer. dial.
► DACKLIE of a swarthy complexion → 1825 Sc. obs.
► DARK-AVISED dark-complexioned → 1918 Sc.
► DARK-LOOKING dark-complexioned → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DEATHLY-LIKE colourless in complexion, very pale, deathly → 19C Eng. dial.
► DOUGH-FACED having a pale complexion → 1773
► DOUGHY pallid, pasty; pale and somewhat flabby or bloated; said of the complexion or face → 1763
► FAIR-AVISED fair-complexioned → 1929 Sc.
► FAIR-SKINNED having a light complexion → 1546
► GREEN having a pale sickly complexion → a1275
► MEASLE-FACED having a spotty, inflamed complexion → 1790 Eng. dial.
► MURREY of the complexion: sanguine, ruddy → 1623 obs.
► OLIVART of olive complexion → 1885
► OLIVASTER having an olive complexion → 1626 obs.
► OOZLIE ► OOZLY dark-complexioned, swarthy → 1808 Sc.
► OZELLY dark-complexioned, swarthy → 19C Sc.
► QUICK having the freshness of life; said of the complexion → a1225 obs.
► RANCIE ► RANCY ► RANSIE having a ruddy complexion, high-coloured, florid, fiery-faced → 1805 Sc.
► SALLOW having a sickly yellow or brownish yellow colour; said of the complexion → a1000
► SALVY pale, sickly; said of the complexion → 1897 Eng. dial.
► SPLODGY coarse in complexion, with pimples → 19C sl.
► TANSY-FACED having a yellow complexion → 1614
► UNDERDONE pale; said of the complexion → L19 sl.
► VIZ’D complexioned; visaged → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► BLEE complexion; colour of the face → a1225 arch.
► FRESH-WHITES a pallid complexion → L19 sl.
► HECKLE complexion → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HIDE AND HUE complexion and skin; the visible outer part of the body → c1330 obs.
► LEER complexion, hue, look or appearance of the face and skin → a700 obs.
► NIGHTCLUB TAN a pale complexion → 1973 Brit. sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
► ARAB any dark-complexioned person, esp. if belonging to a group traditionally considered to be somewhat excitable or primitive in emotional matters; a Jew or a Turk → 20C Amer. sl.
► BLEACHED MORT a fair-complexioned wench → 1785 cant
► DARK a nickname for those with dark complexion or hair → 1910s Aust. sl.
► FAIR a person with a fair complexion → 1771 obs.
► FAIRSKIN a light-complexioned person → 1842
► MORENA a woman with a dark complexion; esp. in South and Central America, a woman of mixed descent or of African origin → 1868
► MOTHIEWORT a person of dark complexion, small stature, and with a profusion of hair → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► MOULDYWARP a person of dark complexion, small stature, and with a profusion of hair → 1899 Sc.
► NAGO a notably dark-complexioned person → 1940s W. Indies sl.
► OLIVE a woman or girl of olive complexion → 1713
► RANSIE-LUGGED CARLE an old man who retains a high complexion → 1825 Sc.
► TANNY a dark-complexioned (tawny) person → 1880 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAWNEY ► TAWNY a dark-complexioned person → 1660 arch.
► ZOMBIE a very African-looking person, with a dark complexion, short of stature, and broad features → 1983 African-American sl.

VERBS
► FALL to grow pale; said of the complexion → c1369 obs.
► FARD to hide defects and improve the complexion; to paint the face with ‘fard’ → a1450 obs.