voluminous
adj/vəˈl(j)uː.mɪ.nəs/UK/vəˈlu.mə.nəs/US
Etymology
From Late Latin voluminosus, from volumen, from volvō (“roll, turn about”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). Related to volume.
- derived from voluminosus
Definitions
Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
- I remember that the Baroness was clad in a voluminous silk dress, pale grey in colour, and adorned with flounces and a crinoline and train.
Of great volume, or bulk
Of great volume, or bulk; large.
- Matters of a much more extraordinary kind are to be the subject of this history, or I should grossly mis-spend my time in writing so voluminous a work […]
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Having written much, or produced many volumes.
- a voluminous writer
The neighborhood
- neighborvolumous
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