Meaning & use
Complected
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Having a specified complexion or skin tone, typically used with a modifier such as 'light' or 'dark.'
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Her grandmother, a dark-complected woman with silver hair, told stories every evening.
He was fair-complected and burned easily in the summer sun.
A note on using this word
Complected is chiefly used in American English, especially in the South and Midlands, where it serves as an alternative to the more widespread 'complexioned.'
Words with a similar meaning
complexioned
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