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complected
[ kuhm-plek-tid ]
complected
/ kəmˈplɛktɪd /
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Usage Note
Complected, a back formation from complexion, is an Americanism dating from the early 19th century. Although it has been criticized by some as a dialectal or nonstandard substitution for complexioned, it occurs in the speech of educated persons and occasionally in edited writing.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of complected1
1800–10, Americanism; complect- (back formation from complexion, presumably taken as *complection ) + -ed 3
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Example Sentences
He was a likely-lookin' chap enough, but very dark-complected an' sallow-like, with a bad eye, showin' a lot o' the white.
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Oh, it was that old brown-complected fellow, said the carpenter.
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Mine was that I would marry a dark-complected man who was very wealthy, and I would go across water to live.
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The Slav folk down in the shanties by the post road are about the only light-complected ones in this neighborhood.
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Let them dig alongside the but slightly darker complected baker and hotel waiter.
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