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Definition of voluminous

Voluminous
Voluminous Vo*lu"mi*nous, a. [L. voluminosus: cf. F. volumineux.] Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically: (a) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions. But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast. --Milton. Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have long since fallen. --De Quincey. (b) Of great volume, or bulk; large. --B. Jonson. (c) Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections of Muratori are voluminous. (d) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer. -- Vo*lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. -- Vo*lu"mi*nous*ness, n.

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