skull-like

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From skull +‎ -like.

Adjective

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

  1. Like a skull.

Usage notes

  • The adjective 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

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