African-like
English
Alternative forms
- Africanlike
Etymology
African + -like
Adjective
African-like
- Resembling or characteristic of Africa, or of things African; Africanish.
- Resembling an African.
Usage notes
- The hyphenated form is several times more common than the solid form.[1] GPO manual favors using a hyphen with words ending in -like when the first element is a proper name.[2]
References
- [African - like/Africanlike] at Google Ngram Viewer
- 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov