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Definition of Complected
1. a. Complexioned.
Definition of Complected
1. Verb. (past of complect) ¹
2. Adjective. (American English) (''in combination'') Having a specified complexion; complexioned ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Complected
1. complect [v] - See also: complect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Complected
Literary usage of Complected
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"complected—contd. 1855 Taken up, and committed to the jail of New Hanover
County (NC) on ... Said negro is about 35 or 40 years old, light-complected, &c. ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Here are two examples: Mussels in a tangy ravigote dressing have been right on
the mark on several tries: corpulent, clear-complected specimens —Jay Jacobs, ..."
3. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"complected. In dark-complected and light-complected, used of dark and fair persons
respectively. New England. Bartlett and Fanner restrict this to the West, ..."
4. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"complected. Of a certain complexion, colored in the face. Western. ... You 're
rather dark complected, and blue is a trying color for dark skins. ..."
5. Gate to English by Will David Howe (1915)
"Do not say, " I am crazy about the scenery"; say "I am enthusiastic over the
scenery," or "I like the scenery." complected. Do not use the word complected ..."
6. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
"... and now, here is the dark complected hand with a potato on its fork, I'll see
what goes with it — there, the light complected head's got it, ..."
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