skulllike

Alternative forms

• skull-like
• skullike

Etymology

skull +‎ -like

Adjective

skulllike (comparative more skulllike, superlative most skulllike)

1. Like a skull.
   • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:skulllike.

Usage notes

Ordinarily, English does not allow the same letter to occur three times in a row. Accordingly, this term is usually written with a hyphen, as skull-like; at other times, one 'l' is dropped (resulting in skullike). As may be seen in the above quotations, however, some authors do write the term with the <lll> intact, and the Oxford English Dictionary does contain instances of other triple-letter words, including goddessship, frillless, and the county Rossshire. Other attested words which contain the same letter three times in a row include headmistressship and hostessship.