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voluminous

[ vuh-loo-muh-nuhs ]

adjective

  1. forming, filling, or writing a large volume or many volumes:

    a voluminous edition.

  2. sufficient to fill a volume or volumes:

    a voluminous correspondence.

  3. of great volume, size, or extent:

    voluminous flow of lava.

    Synonyms: , ,

  4. of ample size, extent, or fullness:

    voluminous petticoats.

  5. having many coils, convolutions, or windings.


voluminous

/ vəˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪtɪ; vəˈluːmɪnəs /

adjective

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܳԴdzܲ, adverb
  • voluminosity, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·m·Դdzܲ· adverb
  • ·m·Դdzܲ·Ա ···ԴDz··ٲ [v, uh, -loo-m, uh, -, nos, -i-tee], noun
  • p··m·Դdzܲ adjective
  • hyper··m·Դdzܲ· adverb
  • hyper··m·Դdzܲ·Ա noun
  • p··m·Դdzܲ adjective
  • super··m·Դdzܲ· adverb
  • ܲv·m·Դdzܲ adjective
  • un·m·Դdzܲ· adverb
  • un·m·Դdzܲ·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of voluminous1

1605–15; < Late Latin DZūōܲ full of folds, equivalent to Latin DZū- (stem of DZū ) volume + -ōܲ -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of voluminous1

C17: from Late Latin DZūōܲ full of windings, from DZū volume
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Hoffman has done a marvelous job of reading through Aimee’s voluminous, florid writings and creating a narrative that works for the modern ear.

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Similarly, the Becket lawyer insisted that another book tells kids their gender "changes based on the weather," but provides no evidence in the voluminous court filings.

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He’s called himself a “hoarder,” and that seems to include his own voluminous quantity of work.

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That unreliability mirrors, whether intentionally or not, that of one of his principal sources: the voluminous, virtually unreadable memoir that his great-grandfather composed.

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The lawyers also raised the issue of "voluminous discovery, including evidence located in other countries" and the need for the defence to determine how best to defend Masud.

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