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单词 voluminosity
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voluminosityn.

Brit. /vəˌluːmᵻˈnɒsᵻti/, /vəˌljuːmᵻˈnɒsᵻti/, U.S. /vəˌl(j)uməˈnɑsədi/
Etymology: See voluminous adj. and -osity suffix.
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.
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