permatan

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8

Definition of permatan

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (colloquial)A perpetual tan.
    “His permatan, and his vanity, were his weakness. I needed a picture of him, and it needed to be as unflattering as possible. Moving my train of thought on a bit, I reasoned that he must also be a lover of natural sunbathing.”
    “Shirley Bassey's culture seemed to be that of international showbiz, and her natural skin tone not that far different from the permatan of a Sacha Distel or Cliff Richard.”
    “Her hair was short and white-blonde, to set off her aggressive permatan, and she had soft cheeks and large grey eyes.”

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Etymology

From perma- + tan.

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