hyphenated adjective2 •Written with a hyphen.Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation. •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. — 2005 formsmore hyphenated · most hyphenated