hyphenated

Etymology

verb

1. simple past and past participle of hyphenate
   People hyphenated the word "typewriter" more often in the past.

adj

1. Written with a hyphen.
   Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation.
2. Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.).
   [The Community Newspaper] is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the hyphenated American’s identity. October 28, 2005, Edwin A. Sumcad, “Hyphenated Americans Must Look At Their Mirror -- The Community Newspaper -- To Do What Is Right”, in American Chronicle, archived from the original on 2006-05-25