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adjective Informal.
complexioned: a light-complected boy.
Origin:
1800–10, Americanism; complect- (back formation from complexion, presumably taken as *complection) + -ed3
1800–10, Americanism; complect- (back formation from complexion, presumably taken as *complection) + -ed3
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.
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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Complected
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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| complected (kəmˈplɛktɪd) | |
| —adj | |
| (in combination) a US dialect word for complexioned | |
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Word Origin & History
complected
1806, Amer.Eng., "complexioned," a variant derivation from complexion, which, intentionally or not, shows the Latin root.
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