original

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Relating to the origin or beginning

   Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.

   • 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.
2. 2

   First in a series of copies or versions.

   • 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,[…].
3. 3

   Newly created.

   • Tonight we will hear an original work by one of our best composers.
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   1. 4

      Fresh, different.

      • The paper contains a number of original ideas about color perception.
   2. 5

      Pioneering.

      • Parker was one of the original bebop players.
   3. 6

      Having a specified place or time as its origin.

      • This kind of barbecue is original to North Carolina.
   4. 7

      Seasoned with salt but no other flavoring

      Seasoned with salt but no other flavoring; ready salted

   5. 8

      An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and…

      An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.

      • 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.
   6. 9

      A person with a unique and interesting personality or creative talent.

      • 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.
   7. 10

      An eccentric person.

      • ‘Are you an alienist?’ I interrupted. ‘Every doctor should be - a little,’ answered that original, imperturbably.
   8. 11

      A newly designed garment released by a fashion designer as part of a collection.

      • 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.
   9. 12

      A ridgeling.

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