Category:-some

-some (-som).

Defn: a combining form or suffix from gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the Body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.

-some -some (-sûm). Etym: [as. -sum; akin to g. & ohg. -sam, icel. samr, Goth. lustusams longed for. See same, a., and cf. Some, a.]

Defn: 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.