complected
complexioned (usually used in combination): a light-complected boy.
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How to use complected in a sentence
He was a likely-lookin' chap enough, but very dark-complected an' sallow-like, with a bad eye, showin' a lot o' the white.
Earth's Enigmas | Charles G. D. RobertsOh, it was that old brown-complected fellow, said the carpenter.
The Snow-Burner | Henry OyenMine was that I would marry a dark-complected man who was very wealthy, and I would go across water to live.
Anne Of Green Gables | Lucy Maud MontgomeryThe Slav folk down in the shanties by the post road are about the only light-complected ones in this neighborhood.
The Thing from the Lake | Eleanor M. IngramLet them dig alongside the but slightly darker complected baker and hotel waiter.
An Artilleryman's Diary | Jenkin Lloyd Jones
British Dictionary definitions for complected
/ (kəmˈplɛktɪd) /
(in combination) a US dialect word for complexioned
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