\Vo*lu"mi*nous\, a. [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.                                --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.