Category:Voluminous

Vo*lu"mi*nous, a. Etym: [l. voluminosus: cf. F. volumineux.]

Defn: of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically: -- (a) consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions. But ended foul in many a scaly fold, voluminous and vast. Milton. Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have Long since fallen. De quincey.

(b) of great volume, or bulk; large. B. Jonson. (c) consisting of Many volumes or books; as, the collections of muratori are Voluminous. (d) having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; As, a voluminous writer. -- vo*lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. -- vo*lu"mi*nous*ness, n.