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.
© Webster 1913.