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-some1 • suffix forming adjectives meaning: 1. productive of: loathsome.2. characterized by being: wholesome. ∎ apt to: tiresome.-some2 • suffix (forming nouns) denoting a group of a specified number: foursome.-some3 • comb. form denoting a portion of a body, esp. a particle of a cell: chromosome.
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