单词 | voluminosity |
释义 | voluminosityn. 1. The state of being voluminous in respect of literary production. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > [noun] > action or practice of composing > copious or various polygraphy1654 voluminosity1782 1782 T. Twining in R. Twining Recreat. & Stud. (1882) 115 Last night I received the Virg. MSS. Thanks again. I was astonished at our voluminosity. 1881 Academy 5 Mar. 163/3 A reasonable mean is kept between the voluminosity of Kinglake and the curtness of Livy's ‘this year there was war with the Hernicans and Volscians.’ 1902 Academy 16 Aug. 167/1 In point of voluminosity the Manchester Guardian easily outdid all competitors. 2. The fact of turning or winding; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s) folda1250 windinga1387 wrinkling1387 revolution?a1425 wrinkle1430 crink1567 crank1572 cringle-crangle1573 crinkle1596 crankle1598 crinkle-crankle1598 meander1603 anfractuosity1612 ins and outs1655 sinuationa1676 insinuationa1684 anfractus1719 sinuosity1720 flexuosity1737 evolution1765 cringle1808 wriggle1825 voluminosity1841 squiggle1902 1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 50 149 With what sublime..voluminosities it winds, and wreathes, and whirls, and rolls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1782 |
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