voluminous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite large in volume or bulk
    • a voluminous skirt
  2. adjective satellite marked by repeated turns and bends
    twisty; tortuous; twisting; winding.
    • a tortuous road up the mountain
    • winding roads are full of surprises
    • had to steer the car down a twisty track
  3. adjective satellite large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
    copious.
    • she took copious notes
    • a subject of voluminous legislation

WordNet

Vo*lu"mi*nous adjective
Etymology
L. voluminosus: cf. F. volumineux.
Definitions
  1. 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