Vo-lū'mi-noŭs, a.
a. [Fr. volumineux, Sp., Pg., & It. voluminoso, Lat. voluminosus.]
Sense 1. Consisting of many coils or complications.
*But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast.* Milton.
I must go down into depths and shy recesses of time, over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have long since fallen. De Quincey.
Sense 2. Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections of Muratori are very voluminous.
Sense 3. Having written much, or made many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.