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Bacchus-like

English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Bacchus +‎ -like

Adjective edit

Bacchus-like

  1. Resembling or characteristic of Bacchus; bacchic.

Usage notes edit

  • The hyphenated form is several times more common than the solid form.[1] GPO manual favors using a hyphen with words ending in -like when the first element is a proper name.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ [Bacchus - like/Bacchuslike] at Google Ngram Viewer
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
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