-some

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- A combining form or suffix from ·Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw``matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, ·etc.

II. -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.

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