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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Original \O*rig"i*nal\, n. [Cf. F. original.]
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     1. Origin; commencement; source.
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              It hath it original from much grief.  --Shak.
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              And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
              Their great Original proclaim.        --Addison.
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     2. That which precedes all others of its class; archetype;
        first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript,
        text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy,
        translation, etc.
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              The Scriptures may be now read in their own
              original.                             --Milton.
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     3. An original thinker or writer; an originator. [R.]
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              Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals.
                                                    --C. G.
                                                    Leland.
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     4. A person of marked eccentricity. [Colloq.]
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     5. (Zo["o]l. & Bot.) The natural or wild species from which a
        domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as,
        the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog,
        the blackthorn the original of the plum.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Original \O*rig"i*nal\, a. [F. original, L. originalis.]
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     1. Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all
        others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as,
        the original state of man; the original laws of a country;
        the original inventor of a process.
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              His form had yet not lost
              All her original brightness.          --Milton.
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     2. Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine;
        as, an original thought; an original process; the original
        text of Scripture.
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     3. Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations
        of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
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     4. Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original
        matter.
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     Original sin (Theol.), the first sin of Adam, as related to
        its consequences to his descendants of the human race; --
        called also total depravity. See Calvinism.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Original \O*rig"i*nal\, n. [Cf. F. original.]
     1. Origin; commencement; source.
  
              It hath it original from much grief.  --Shak.
  
              And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great
              Original proclaim.                    --Addison.
  
     2. That which precedes all others of its class; archetype;
        first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript,
        text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy,
        translation, etc.
  
              The Scriptures may be now read in their own
              original.                             --Milton.
  
     3. An original thinker or writer; an originator. [R.]
  
              Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals.
                                                    --C. G.
                                                    Leland.
  
     4. A person of marked eccentricity. [Colloq.]
  
     5. (Zo["o]l. & Bot.) The natural or wild species from which a
        domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as,
        the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog,
        the blackthorn the original of the plum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Original \O*rig"i*nal\, a. [F. original, L. originalis.]
     1. Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all
        others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as,
        the original state of man; the original laws of a country;
        the original inventor of a process.
  
              His form had yet not lost All her original
              brightness.                           --Milton.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  original
       adj 1: preceding all others in time or being as first made or
              performed; "the original inhabitants of the Americas";
              "the book still has its original binding"; "restored
              the house to its original condition"; "the original
              performance of the opera"; "the original cast";
              "retracted his original statement"
       2: (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something
          intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not
          secondary, sources"
       3: being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being
          as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach";
          "with original music"; "an original mind" [ant: unoriginal]
       4: not derived or copied or translated from something else;
          "the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the
          original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation
          misses much of the subtlety of the original French"
       n 1: an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which
            copies can be made [syn: master, master copy]
       2: an original model on which something is patterned [syn: archetype,
           pilot]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  original
     Γαλλικά a.
     πρωτότυπος
     Γαλλικά n.
     το πρωτότυπος έργο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  original
     Catalan a.
     (l en original)
     Danish a.
     (l en original)
     Danish n.
     an (l en original)
     German a.
     #English
     German adv.
     (lb de colloquial intensifier) really, actually
     Norwegian Bokmål a.
     (l en original)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     an (l en original)
     Occitan a.
     (l en original)
     Romanian a.
     (l en original)
     Spanish a.
     (l en original)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Original
     German n.
     1 n original
     2 n a unique and interesting individual
     3 n # character; original (gloss: one who is charismatic and funny,
  especially in a way considered typical of a region or a social group)
     4 n # eccentric; zany person

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  original
     a.
     (lb en not comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding
  all others.
     n.
     1 An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all
  later copies and variations are derived.
     2 A person with a unique and interesting personality or creative
  talent.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  original
     Catalan a.
     (l en original)
     Danish a.
     (l en original)
     Danish n.
     an (l en original)
     German a.
     #English
     German adv.
     (lb de colloquial intensifier) really, actually
     Norwegian Bokmål a.
     (l en original)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     an (l en original)
     Portuguese a.
     1 (l en original) (gloss: relating to the origin or beginning)
     2 (l en original) (gloss: being the first in a series)
     3 (l en original) (gloss: different; unique)
     Serbo-Croatian n.
     (l en original)
     Swedish n.
     1 n an (l en original)
     2 n an eccentric or strange person (from notion of a one of a kind)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Original
     German n.
     1 n original
     2 n a unique and interesting individual
     3 n # character; original (gloss: one who is charismatic and funny,
  especially in a way considered typical of a region or a social group)
     4 n # eccentric; zany person

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  original
     Catalan a.
     (l en original)
     Danish a.
     (l en original)
     Danish n.
     an (l en original)
     German a.
     #English
     German adv.
     (lb de colloquial intensifier) really, actually
     Norwegian Bokmål a.
     (l en original)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     an (l en original)
     Portuguese a.
     1 (l en original) (gloss: relating to the origin or beginning)
     2 (l en original) (gloss: being the first in a series)
     3 (l en original) (gloss: different; unique)
     Swedish n.
     1 n an (l en original)
     2 n an eccentric or strange person (from notion of a one of a kind)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Original
     German n.
     1 n original
     2 n a unique and interesting individual
     3 n # character; original (gloss: one who is charismatic and funny,
  especially in a way considered typical of a region or a social group)
     4 n # eccentric; zany person

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  original
     Espanja a.
     alkuperäinen
     Espanja n.
     alkuperäiskappale, alkuteos, originaali
     Ranska a.
     alkuperäinen
     Ranska n.
     alkuperäiskappale, alkuteos, originaali

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  original
     Franska a.
     1 originell
     2 ursprunglig, äkta
     Franska n.
     1 #Svenska
     2 (tagg: text=om person) kuf
     n.
     1 ett ursprungligt verk; ett objekt som inte är skapat som en kopia
  av någonting redan existerande
     2 excentrisk person; person som beter sig på ett unikt, egendomligt
  &ndash; men smått roande &ndash; sätt
     Spanska a.
     1 originell, ny och annorlunda
     2 ursprunglig
     Spanska n.
     #Svenska; ursprungligt verk

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Original
     Tyska n.
     1 original
     2 stofil, äldre originell person

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  original
     n.
     1 ett ursprungligt verk; ett objekt som inte är skapat som en kopia
  av någonting redan existerande
     2 excentrisk person; person som beter sig på ett unikt, egendomligt
  &ndash; men smått roande &ndash; sätt

From Deutsch-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ell ]


  original /oʁiɡiˈnaːl/ 
  αρχικός
  ursprünglich, nicht nachgemacht, nicht imitiert