voluminous
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mə adjective
3.
of great volume, size, or extent: voluminous flow of lava.
4.
of ample size, extent, or fullness: voluminous petticoats.
5.
having many coils, convolutions, or windings.
Origin:
1605–15; < Late Latin volūminōsus full of folds, equivalent to Latin volūmin- (stem of volūmen) volume + -ōsus -ous
1605–15; < Late Latin volūminōsus full of folds, equivalent to Latin volūmin- (stem of volūmen) volume + -ōsus -ous
Related forms
vo·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverb
hy·per·vo·lu·mi·nous, adjective
hy·per·vo·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverb
hy·per·vo·lu·mi·nous·ness, noun
su·per·vo·lu·mi·nous, adjective
su·per·vo·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverb
un·vo·lu·mi·nous, adjective
un·vo·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverb
un·vo·lu·mi·nous·ness, noun
Synonyms
3. extensive, copious, ample.
3. extensive, copious, ample.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of great size, quantity, volume, or extent |
| 2. | (of writing) consisting of or sufficient to fill volumes |
| 3. | prolific in writing or speech |
| 4. | obsolete winding |
| [C17: from Late Latin volūminōsus full of windings, from volūmen | |
| voluminosity | |
| —n | |
| vo'luminousness | |
| —n | |
| vo'luminously | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
voluminous
"forming a large mass," 1610s, from L.L. voluminosus, from L. volumen (gen. voluminis) "volume" (see volume). Related: Voluminously.
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Example sentences
It frees office space formerly consumed by voluminous filing cabinets thus reducing costs.
Her skirt was of voluminous white, puffed and trimmed in wondrous sort.
But after four decades of intense, voluminous criticism, literature was generally exhausted of new scholarly inquiry.
She stepped behind the cardboard voting screen, and opened the voluminous ballot paper, carefully scrolling down.
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