-some meaning
- 1 /-sum or -səm/
suffix
1. (1) forming adjectives with the meaning full of, eg troublesome, wholesome
2. (2) forming nouns denoting a group with a certain number of members, eg twosome, threesome
ORIGIN: OE -sum; Ger -sam; cf same
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-some2 /-sōm/
suffix
Forming nouns denoting a body, eg chromosome
ORIGIN: Gr soma body
- and then some: Adverb: and then s ...
- some: Adjective: some&nb ...
- hold some, fold some.: [American slang]se ...