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an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

not derived or copied or translated from something else; "the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French"

being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind"

an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

not derived or copied or translated from something else; "the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French"

being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind"

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.

Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.

Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.

Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.

Origin; commencement; source.

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.

An original thinker or writer; an originator.

A person of marked eccentricity.

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.

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.

Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.

Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.

Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.

Origin; commencement; source.

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.

An original thinker or writer; an originator.

A person of marked eccentricity.

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.

Of or pertaining to the beginning, or first state; as, original sin; not copied; as, an original painting; able to create or invent that which is new; as, an original writer.

That from which anything is copied; the language in which a translated work was written; an unusual person.

Originally.

Originally.

Pertaining to the origin: first in order or existence: not copied: not translated: having the power to originate, as thought.

Origin: first copy: the precise language used by a writer: an untranslated tongue.

Originally.

Originality.

Pertaining to the beginning of a thing; new; novel; not copied or imitated.

Having originating power; inventive.

The first form of anything.

The language in which a book is first written.

A person of unique character.

First; not copied or imitated; having new thoughts or ideas.

Origin; first copy; language not translated.

Originality.

The beginning ; the wild species from which the cultivated have been derived.

n. Origin; commencement; source ;— the archetype ; the model after which others are formed ;— the author’s own work ; the first copy ; that from which a translation, likeness, copy, &c., is taken ;— the precise language or text of a book or document ;— a person of marked peculiarity ;— one who has new and striking ideas.