skull-like
English
Alternative forms
- skulllike
Etymology
skull + -like
Adjective
skull-like (comparative more skull-like, superlative most skull-like)
- Like a skull.
Usage notes
- 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
- skulllike,skull-like,skullike at Google Ngram Viewer
- 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov