Meanings
- colloquialuncountableA perpetual growth of stubble, especially if deliberately maintained as a matter of personal style.
"Jet shoved a chair behind his knees and he sat perspiring under permastubble over transparent skin that revealed blue veins."
2007, David McMillan, Escape: The True Story of the Only Westerner Ever to Escape1 more example
"Supermacho, in that almost pretty way Spanish guys often are, with dark brown eyes, ridiculously thick eyelashes, and permastubble."
2014, Gemma Burgess, Love and Chaos: A Brooklyn Girls NovelSynonyms: designer stubble
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA perpetual growth of stubble, especially if deliberately maintained as a matter of personal style.
Origin
Cite this entry
permastubble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permastubble
“permastubble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permastubble. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “permastubble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permastubble.
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