originaladj/əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/

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  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

  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.
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  Newly created.

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

  Fresh, different.

  • The paper contains a number of original ideas about color perception.
  • Devoid of context, the image is intriguing, promising something utterly original and deeply fucked up.
• 5

  Pioneering.

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

  Having a specified place or time as its origin.

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

  Unseasoned, unflavored, plain, or having a standard or typical flavor; classic, traditional

originalnoun/əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/

• 1

  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.
• 2

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

  • 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.
• 3

  archaicAn eccentric person.

  • ‘Are you an alienist?’ I interrupted. ‘Every doctor should be - a little,’ answered that original, imperturbably.
• 4

  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.
• 5

  A ridgeling.