perma-comb. form

Stress is often attracted to this combining form.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: permanent adj.

Etymology: < perma- (in permanent adj.).Found in a small number of English formations from the first half of the 20th cent. (apparently earliest in proprietary names; compare e.g. quots. 1921 at sense 1, 1936 at sense 2).

Originally U.S.

1. Forming nouns with the sense ‘permanent ——’.See also permaculture n., permafrost n., perma-tan n., permatemp n.

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1921 Marion (Ohio) Star 26 Mar. 14/2 (advt.) Whether it's furniture, bric a brac or floors, you can renew them with a Perma-Lac finish.

1943 Amer. Speech 18 302 Those suffixes of which there are but a few scattered examples and which have yet to become popular... Elastic. Perma-lastic. Observed in Los Angeles 4 Dec. 1941.

2001 N.Y. Times 29 July iii. 10/3 It becomes difficult to maintain a perma-grin.

2. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘permanently ——’.See also perma-pressed adj., perma-tanned adj.

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1936 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 11 June 8/4 (advt.) The introduction of perma-spun suits is a dramatic scoop in the quality clothes field.

1940 Lima (Ohio) News 3 Sept. 7 (advt.) Perma-tected washing surface—resists corrosion of alkaline washing solutions.

1989 Q Mar. 5 (heading) The perma-grinning pillock of the piste.

2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze xix. 328 At lunch the place filled with the Soho crowd from the casting and post-production studios,..feeding their perma-desperate clients.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	perma-
释义	perma-comb. form Stress is often attracted to this combining form. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: permanent adj. Etymology: < perma- (in permanent adj.).Found in a small number of English formations from the first half of the 20th cent. (apparently earliest in proprietary names; compare e.g. quots. 1921 at sense 1, 1936 at sense 2). Originally U.S. 1. Forming nouns with the sense ‘permanent ——’.See also permaculture n., permafrost n., perma-tan n., permatemp n. ΚΠ 1921 Marion (Ohio) Star 26 Mar. 14/2 (advt.) Whether it's furniture, bric a brac or floors, you can renew them with a Perma-Lac finish. 1943 Amer. Speech 18 302 Those suffixes of which there are but a few scattered examples and which have yet to become popular... Elastic. Perma-lastic. Observed in Los Angeles 4 Dec. 1941. 2001 N.Y. Times 29 July iii. 10/3 It becomes difficult to maintain a perma-grin. 2. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘permanently ——’.See also perma-pressed adj., perma-tanned adj. ΚΠ 1936 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 11 June 8/4 (advt.) The introduction of perma-spun suits is a dramatic scoop in the quality clothes field. 1940 Lima (Ohio) News 3 Sept. 7 (advt.) Perma-tected washing surface—resists corrosion of alkaline washing solutions. 1989 Q Mar. 5 (heading) The perma-grinning pillock of the piste. 2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze xix. 328 At lunch the place filled with the Soho crowd from the casting and post-production studios,..feeding their perma-desperate clients. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < comb. form1921
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