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original
adj
    1. Relating to an origin or beginning.
    2. Existing from the beginning; earliest; first.
      Thesaurus: first, primary, primordial, earliest, initial, introductory, rudimentary, starting, opening, commencing; Antonym: recent, late.
    3. Said of an idea or concept, etc: not thought of before; fresh or new.
      Thesaurus: novel, new, fresh, unique, unprecedented, unusual, one-of-a-kind, sole, lone, single; Antonym: commonplace.
    4. Said of a person: creative or inventive.
      Thesaurus: creative, imaginative, innovative, inventive, ingenious, unconventional; Antonym: imitative.
    5. Being the first form from which copies, reproductions or translations are made; not copied or derived, etc from something else.
noun
    1. The first example of something, such as a document, photograph or text, etc, which is copied, reproduced or translated to produce others, but which is not itself copied or derived, etc from something else.
      Thesaurus: model, archetype, standard, master, paradigm; Antonym: copy, imitation, replica.
    2. A work of art or literature that is not a copy, reproduction or imitation.
    3. A person or thing that serves as a model in art or literature.
    4. An odd or eccentric person.
      Thesaurus: eccentric, nonconformist, maverick, character.
Derivative: originally
    In the first place, at the beginning.
    In an original way.
Etymology: 14c.



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