skull-like

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

skull +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

skull-like (comparative more skull-like, superlative most skull-like)

  1. Like a skull.

Usage notes[edit]

  • skull-like is much more common than skulllike; double-el skullike is very rare.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid a triple consonant.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ skulllike,skull-like,skullike at Google Ngram Viewer
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
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