voluminous
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/vəˈl(j)uː.mɪ.nəs/
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/vəˈl(j)uː.mɪ.nəs/ (UK) · /vəˈlu.mə.nəs/ (US)
Definition of voluminous
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
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adj
- Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
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Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
“I remember that the Baroness was clad in a voluminous silk dress, pale grey in colour, and adorned with flounces and a crinoline and train.”
“Like the Cuscus of the Moluccas, the Galeopithecus feeds chiefly on leaves, and possesses a very voluminous stomach and long convoluted intestines. The brain is very small, and the animal possesses such remarkable tenacity of life, that it is exceedingly difficult to kill it by any ordinary means.”
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Of great volume, or bulk; large.
“Matters of a much more extraordinary kind are to be the subject of this history, or I should grossly mis-spend my time in writing so voluminous a work […]”
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Having written much, or produced many volumes.
“a voluminous writer”
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Etymology
From Late Latin voluminosus, from volumen, from volvō (“roll, turn about”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). Related to volume.
Words you can make from voluminous
161 playable · top: LUMINOUS (10 pts)
Best play luminous 10 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
32 words- OVOLI 8 pts
- VINOS 8 pts
- VIOLS 8 pts
- VULNS 8 pts
- LIMNS 7 pts
- LIMOS 7 pts
- LINUM 7 pts
- LOOMS 7 pts
- MILOS 7 pts
- MINUS 7 pts
- MOILS 7 pts
- MONOS 7 pts
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- SOLUM 7 pts
- LINOS 5 pts
- LIONS 5 pts
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- LOUIS 5 pts
- NOILS 5 pts
- NOLOS 5 pts
- OLIOS 5 pts
- SNOOL 5 pts
- SOLON 5 pts
4-letter words
56 words- OVUM 9 pts
- VIMS 9 pts
- LUVS 7 pts
- VINO 7 pts
- VINS 7 pts
- VIOL 7 pts
- VULN 7 pts
- LIMN 6 pts
- LIMO 6 pts
- LOOM 6 pts
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3-letter words
44 words- VIM 8 pts
- VUM 8 pts
- LUV 6 pts
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- ISM 5 pts
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- ULU 3 pts
- UNI 3 pts
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2-letter words
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