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Definition: -SOME

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. 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.[Websters].
Expression 1. A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: -SOME

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. 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.[Websters].
Expression1. A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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