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1. -some
an adjective-forming suffix, now unproductive, with the meanings “like,”“tending to”:
burdensome; quarrelsome.
2. -some
a collective suffix used with numerals:
threesome.
3. -some
a combining form used in the names of structures or regions of a cell (chromosome; ribosome), chromosomes (autosome), or organisms having the form specified by the initial element (schistosome; trypanosome).
Etymology: (< Gk sôma body; see soma1)
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1. (adj) -some
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
2. -some
a combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc
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