voluminous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin voluminosus, from volumen, from volvō (roll, turn about) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix). Related to volume.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /vəˈl(j)uː.mɪ.nəs/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /vəˈlu.mə.nəs/

Adjective[edit]

voluminous (comparative more voluminous, superlative most voluminous)

  1. Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
  2. Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
  3. Of great volume, or bulk; large.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
      Matters of a much more extraordinary kind are to be the subject of this history, or I should grossly mis-spend my time in writing so voluminous a work []
  4. Having written much, or produced many volumes
    Synonyms: copious, diffuse
    a voluminous writer

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