volumed

[ vol-yoomd, -yuhmd ]

/ ˈvɒl yumd, -yəmd /

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adjective

consisting of a volume or volumes (usually used in combination): a many-volumed work.

in volumes of rolling or rounded masses, as smoke.

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Origin of volumed

First recorded in 1590–1600; volume + -ed³

Words nearby volumed

voltmeter, Volturno, Volturnus, voluble, volume, volumed, volumeter, volumetric, volumetric analysis, volumetric displacement, volumetric efficiency

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How to use volumed in a sentence

The amount of many-volumed so-called novels that they have produced is simply appalling.
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century|Leo Wiener
She looked scornfully, though also with some surprise, round the volumed walls.
New Grub Street|George Gissing
Man socially is at least a three volumed work: however much longer the James-like pen of destiny may extend him.
The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851|Various
Her dress volumed and her ribands rattled and chirruped on the verge of the slope. '
Diana of the Crossways, Complete|George Meredith

"Why, it is like something out of a three-volumed novel," said Mollie.
Vagabondia|Frances Hodgson Burnett

British Dictionary definitions for volumed

volumed

/ (ˈvɒljuːmd) /

adjective

(of literary works)

consisting of or being in volumes
(in combination)a three-volumed history

rare having bulk or volume

poetic forming a rounded mass

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