African-like

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

African +‎ -like

Adjective

African-like

  1. Resembling or characteristic of Africa, or of things African; Africanish.
  2. Resembling an African.

Usage notes

  • The hyphenated form is several times more common than the solid form. GPO manual favors using a hyphen with words ending in -like when the first element is a proper name.

References

  1. ^ at Google Ngram Viewer
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov