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Sense: 1
Origin: Old English -sum
Sense: 2
Origin: some

-some

 suffix
     
-some
1 [in adjectives] tending to behave in a particular way, or having a particular quality:
a troublesome boy (=who causes trouble)
a bothersome back injury (=that bothers you)
2 [in nouns] a group of a particular number, for example in a game:
a golf foursome (=four people playing golf together)
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