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Webster 1913 Edition
-some
-some
(-sōm)
. A combining form or suffix from Gr.
σῶμα
(gen. σώματος
) the body; as in mero
some
, a body segment; cephalosome
, etc.-some
(-sŭm)
. [AS. , and cf. ]
-sum
; akin to G. & OHG. -sam
, Icel. samr
, Goth. lustusams
longed for. See Same
, Adj.
Some
, Adj.
An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.