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Voluminousness

Voluminous \Vo*lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. voluminosus: cf. F. volumineux.] Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically:

  1. 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.

  2. Of great volume, or bulk; large.
    --B. Jonson.

  3. Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections of Muratori are voluminous.

  4. Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer. [1913 Webster] -- Vo*lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. -- Vo*lu"mi*nous*ness, n.

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voluminousness

n. the state of being voluminous

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voluminousness

n. greatness of volume [syn: fullness, voluminosity]

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The voluminousness of Verne's output corresponds to an unbridled spatial reach: around the moon and off on a comet, under the sea and around the world, and into every corner of the globe.