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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Voluminous  \Vo*lu"mi*nous\,  a.  [L.  voluminosus:  cf  F. 
  volumineux.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  voluminous 
  adj  :  large  in  volume  or  bulk;  "a  voluminous  skirt"




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