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voluminous
[ vuh-loo-muh-nuhs ]
adjective
a voluminous edition.
a voluminous correspondence.
- of great volume, size, or extent:
voluminous flow of lava.
- of ample size, extent, or fullness:
voluminous petticoats.
- having many coils, convolutions, or windings.
voluminous
/ vəˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪtɪ; vəˈluːmɪnəs /
adjective
- of great size, quantity, volume, or extent
- (of writing) consisting of or sufficient to fill volumes
- prolific in writing or speech
- obsolete.winding
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Derived Forms
- voˈluminously, adverb
- voluminosity, noun
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Other Words From
- vo·lumi·nous·ly adverb
- vo·lumi·nous·ness vo·lu·mi·nos·i·ty [v, uh, -loo-m, uh, -, nos, -i-tee], noun
- hyper·vo·lumi·nous adjective
- hyper·vo·lumi·nous·ly adverb
- hyper·vo·lumi·nous·ness noun
- super·vo·lumi·nous adjective
- super·vo·lumi·nous·ly adverb
- unvo·lumi·nous adjective
- unvo·lumi·nous·ly adverb
- unvo·lumi·nous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of voluminous1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of voluminous1
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Example Sentences
His papers are voluminous but arid, nothing of the man comes through.
But the biographical inattention to his voluminous body of written work nonetheless has been a strange oversight.
The singer covered parts of her naked body with moss, accessorizing with smokey eyeshadow and a voluminous haircut.
Consider one bold, green dress with a voluminous skirt that shimmered with what looked like the green scales of an alligator.
Eventually I got to see the voluminous police dossier on the case, including the photographs taken at the scene by the paparazzi.
Frederick Spanheim died; a noted divinity professor at Leyden, and a voluminous writer.
Nathan Drake, an English physician, died; also a highly respectable and voluminous author.
But the man inside these voluminous clothes is even still more eccentric.
He was one of the most voluminous writers of antiquity, and probably is the most learned man whose writings have come down to us.
His writings were very voluminous, and in his tranquil garden he led a peaceful life of study and enjoyment.
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