voluminousness

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. greatness of volumeSynonyms: fullnessvoluminosityType of largeness, bigness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“voluminousness” is listed under Voluminous.

Vo·lu′mi·nous adjective

Origin: L. voluminosus: cf. F. volumineux.

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.— John Milton
Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have long since fallen.— Thomas DeQuincey

(b) Of great volume, or bulk; large. Ben 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′wb-a1′>′mi·nous·ly, adverb — Vo·lu′wb-a1′>′mi·nous·ness, noun

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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