\-some\ (-s[=o]m).
A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the
body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.

\-some\ (-s[u^]m). [AS. -sum; akin to G. & OHG. -sam,
Icel. samr, Goth. lustusams longed for. See {Same}, a., and
cf. {Some}, a.]
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.

\Some\ (s[u^]m), a. [OE. som, sum, AS. sum; akin to OS.,
OFries., & OHG. sum, OD. som, D. sommig, Icel. sumr, Dan.
somme (pl.), Sw. somlige (pl.), Goth. sums, and E. same.
[root]191. See {Same}, a., and cf. {-some}.]
1. Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed
   of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to
   express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine;
   some water; some persons. Used also pronominally; as, I
   have some.
         Some theoretical writers allege that there was a
         time when there was no such thing as society.
                                               --Blackstone.
2. A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event,
   etc., as not known individually, or designated more
   specifically; as, some man, that is, some one man. ``Some
   brighter clime.'' --Mrs. Barbauld.
         Some man praiseth his neighbor by a wicked intent.
                                               --Chaucer.
         Most gentlemen of property, at some period or other
         of their lives, are ambitious of representing their
         county in Parliament.                 --Blackstone.
3. Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some
   extent just.
4. About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals,
   but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or
   distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or
   three persons; some hour hence.