adj. Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
adj. Of great volume, or bulk; large.
adj. Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
adj. Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
adj. Of great volume, or bulk; large.
adj. Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Consisting of coils or convolutions.
Of great volume or bulk; large; swelling: literally or figuratively.
Having written much; producing many or bulky books; also, copious; diffuse; prolix: as, a voluminous writer.
Being in many volumes; hence, copious enough to make numerous volumes: used of the published writings of an author: as, the voluminous works of Sir Walter Scott.
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adj. large in volume or bulk
adj. large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
adj. marked by repeated turns and bends
Word Usage
"These were the ones whose jeans looked uncomfortably snug, whose faces had a moonish quality that didn't quite seem accustomed, who cloaked themselves in voluminous hoodies."