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English Dictionary: voluminous by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voluminous
adj
  1. large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt"
  2. marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"
    Synonym(s): tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous
  3. large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation"
    Synonym(s): copious, voluminous
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.
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