Voluminous \Vo*lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. voluminosus: cf. F.
volumineux.]
Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically:
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(a) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
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But ended foul in many a scaly fold,
Voluminous and vast. --Milton.
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Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and
voluminous curtains have long since fallen. --De
Quincey.
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(b) Of great volume, or bulk; large. --B. Jonson.
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(c) Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections
of Muratori are voluminous.
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(d) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious;
diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
voluminous
adj 1: large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt"
2: large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she
took copious notes"; "extensive press coverage"; "a
subject of voluminous legislation" [syn: copious, extensive]
WordNet (r) 2.0
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "voluminous":
Gargantuan, ample, amplitudinous, astronomical, awesome, big,
billowing, boundless, broad, bulky, capacious, cavernous, colossal,
commodious, comprehensive, copious, cosmic, deep, enormous,
expansive, extended, extending, extensive, far-reaching, galactic,
generous, gigantic, great, huge, immeasurable, immense, infinite,
king-size, large, legion, loose, mammoth, massive, massy, monster,
monstrous, monumental, mountainous, multifarious, multitudinal,
multitudinous, numerous, outsize, overgrown, oversized, populous,
prodigious, roomy, several, sizable, spacious, spreading,
stupendous, substantial, sundry, titanic, tremendous, various,
vast, weighty, wide, widespread
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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