Original
Definition of Original
O`rig´i`nal | a. | 1. | | | 1. | Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process. | | 2. | Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture. | | 3. | Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius. | | 4. | Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter. | | n. | 1. | | | 1. | Origin; commencement; source. | | 2. | That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc. | | 3. | An original thinker or writer; an originator. | | 4. | A person of marked eccentricity. | | 5. | (Zool. & Bot.) The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum. |
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