original

Forms

1.Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
2.First in a series of copies or versions.
- This recording is by the original broadway cast.
- The original manuscript contained spelling errors which were fixed in later versions.
- 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.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.

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.
- The originals or the creatives were more dominant than the unoriginals or the low creatives.
- Ahmad (1969) studied the personality differences among middle school girls identified as originals and unoriginals on the Minnesota's test of creative thinking.
3.A newly designed garment released by a fashion designer as part of a collection.
- One such show was built around the Du Pont spring collection of Paris originals.
- Fashion Fair will give every section first hand knowledge of the latest originals and 1962-63's exciting trends.
4.A ridgeling.

Common· #1041

From Middle English original

From Old French original

From Late Latin orīginālis (“primitive, original”)

From Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, origin”), equivalent to origin + -al; see origin.