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voluminous(dictionary)

voluminous (iou)



voluminous adjective. E17.
[Partly from late Latin voluminosus with many coils, sinuous; partly directly from Latin volumin-, volumen VOLUME noun: see -OUS.]
1. Full of turnings or windings; containing or consisting of many coils or convolutions. Now rare. E17.
2. Producing many books; writing or speaking at great length. E17.
New Left Review The most ardent and voluminous advocate of women's liberation.
3. Forming a large volume; consisting of many volumes. E17.
D. Piper His voluminous book on Milton's work.
4. Extremely full or copious; forming a large mass or collection; gen. extensive, vast. M17.
R. K. Narayan My notes on this are voluminous.
5. Of great volume or size; massive, bulky, large; (of drapery etc.) loose and ample. M17.
N. Blake Petrov produced an envelope from the pocket of his voluminous overcoat. J. Gathorne-Hardy Her nightdress spreading out round her voluminous as a tent.
voluminosity noun the state of being voluminous; rare an instance of this: L18.
voluminously adverb M17.
voluminousness noun M17.