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.