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   voluminous

   /vəˈluːmɪnəs/

   adjective

   • 1. (of clothes) very loose or full; having much fabric: "a voluminous purple cloak"
   • ▪ (of a piece of furniture) large and accommodating: "he sank into a voluminous armchair"
   • 2. (of writing) very lengthy and detailed: "we all scribbled down voluminous notes"
   • ▪ (of a writer) producing many books.

   Word Origin early 17th century: partly from late Latin voluminosus ‘having many coils’, partly from Latin volumen, volumin- (see volume).

   Derivatives

   • 1. voluminously adverb
   • 2. voluminousness noun
   • 3. voluminosity noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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