original
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English original, from Old French original, from Late Latin orīginālis (“primitive, original”), from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, origin”); see origin.
Inflected forms:
form: more original
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most original
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: originals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the original state of mankind;  the original laws of a country;  the original inventor of a process
The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.
gloss: First in a series of copies or versions.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The original manuscript contained spelling errors which were fixed in later versions.
This recording is by the original broadway cast.
The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway,[…].
gloss: Newly created.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Tonight we will hear an original work by one of our best composers.
gloss: Fresh, different.
pos: adj
tags: comparable
examples: The paper contains a number of original ideas about color perception.
gloss: Pioneering.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Parker was one of the original bebop players.
gloss: Having a specified place or time as its origin.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: This kind of barbecue is original to North Carolina.
gloss: Unseasoned, unflavored, plain, or having a standard or typical flavor; classic, traditional
pos: adj
gloss: An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.
pos: noun
examples: This manuscript is the original.
Promontory's "last spike" ceremony was so significant to the USA's history that it is still regularly re-enacted today, using replica locomotives that nose up to each other just as the originals did.
gloss: A person with a unique and interesting personality or creative talent.
pos: noun
examples: I have a great mind to be in Print; but above all, I would fain be an Original, and that is a true Comical Thought: When all the Learned Men in the World are but Tranſlators, is it not a Pleaſant Jeſt, that you ſhould ſtrive to be an Original! You ſhould have obſerved your Time, and have come into the World with the Ancient Greeks for that purpoſe; for the Latines themſelves are but Copies.
Ahmad (1969) studied the personality differences among middle school girls identified as originals and unoriginals on the Minnesota's test of creative thinking.
The originals or the creatives were more dominant than the unoriginals or the low creatives.
gloss: An eccentric person.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: ‘Are you an alienist?’ I interrupted. ‘Every doctor should be - a little,’ answered that original, imperturbably.
gloss: A newly designed garment released by a fashion designer as part of a collection.
pos: noun
examples: Fashion Fair will give every section first hand knowledge of the latest originals and 1962-63's exciting trends.
One such show was built around the Du Pont spring collection of Paris originals.
gloss: A ridgeling.
pos: noun
Synonyms: autograph
prototype
Antonyms: copy
reproduction
simile
derivative
ultimate
Related words: aboriginal
origin
originality
originate
originative
Derived words: book of original entry
co-original
in the original German
nonoriginal
original antigenic sin
original aspect ratio
original as sin
original character
original depravity
original fic
originalism
originalist
originalistic
original jurisdiction
originally
originalness
original package doctrine
Original Pilipino Music
original righteousness
original sin
series original
unoriginal
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