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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vo•lu•mi•nous /vəˈlumənəs/USA pronunciation adj. - filling or enough to fill volumes:a voluminous correspondence.
- very productive:a voluminous writer.
- of great volume:a voluminous briefcase.
- having many folds or much fullness:voluminous skirts.
vo•lu•mi•nous•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vo•lu•mi•nous (və lo̅o̅′mə nəs),USA pronunciation adj. - Library Scienceforming, filling, or writing a large volume or many volumes:a voluminous edition.
- sufficient to fill a volume or volumes:a voluminous correspondence.
- of great volume, size, or extent:voluminous flow of lava.
- of ample size, extent, or fullness:voluminous petticoats.
- having many coils, convolutions, or windings.
- Late Latin volūminōsus full of folds, equivalent. to Latin volūmin- (stem of volūmen) volume + -ōsus -ous
- 1605–15;
vo•lu′mi•nous•ly, adv. vo•lu′mi•nous•ness, vo•lu•mi•nos•i•ty (və lo̅o̅′mə nos′i tē),USA pronunciation n. - 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged extensive, copious, ample.
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