voluminous

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective large in volume or bulk
  2. adjective marked by repeated turns and bends
  3. adjective large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)

Etymology

From Late Latin voluminosus, from volumen, from volvō (“roll, turn about”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). Related to volume.

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