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-some

a native English suffix formerly used in the formation of adjectives: quarrelsome; burdensome.

Origin:
ME; OE -sum; akin to Goth -sama, G -sam; see same

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algún, algo, cierto, unos, algunos, ciertos,

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qualche,

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-some

a collective suffix used with numerals: twosome; threesome.

Origin:
ME -sum, OE sum; special use of some (pronoun)

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-some

a combining form meaning “body,” used in the formation of compound words: chromosome.

Also, -soma.

Origin:
< Gk sôma body; see soma ¹

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-some¹
suff. Characterized by a specified quality, condition, or action: bothersome.

[Middle English -som, from Old English -sum, -like; see sem-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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-some²
suff. A group of a specified number of members: threesome.

[Middle English -sum, from Old English sum, some; see some.]

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-some³
suff.

Body: centrosome.
Chromosome: monosome.

[From Greek sōma, body; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.]

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-some

as a suffix forming adjectives, it represents O.E. -sum (see some; cf. O.Fris. -sum, Ger. -sam, O.N. -samr), related to sama "same." As a suffix added to numerals meaning "a group of that number" (cf. twosome) it represents O.E. sum "some," used after the genitive plural (cf. sixa sum "six-some"), the inflection disappearing in M.E. Use of some with a number meaning "approximately" also was in O.E.

-some

Bux"om\, a. [OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient, AS. b[=o]csum, b[=u]hsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G. biegsam); b[=u]gan to bow, bend + -sum, E. -some. See Bow to bend, and -some.]

1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble. [Obs.]

So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be, And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. --Spenser.

I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it. --Foxe.

2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome.

A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. --Milton.

A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing, singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long. --Tatler. -- Bux"om*ly, adv. -- Bux"om*ness, n.

-some

Hy"dro*some\, Hydrosoma \Hy`dro*so"ma\, n. [NL. hydrosoma. See Hydra, and -some body.] (Zo["o]l.) All the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, including the nutritive and reproductive zooids, and often other kinds.

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