skull-like

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

skull +‎ -like

Adjective

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

  1. 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
  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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