original

o•rig•i•nal

[[t]əˈrɪdʒ ə nl[/t]] adj.

1) belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something

2) arising or proceeding independently; inventive; novel:

an original idea[/ex]

3) capable of or given to thinking or acting in an independent, creative, or individual manner:

an original thinker[/ex]

4) created, undertaken, or presented for the first time:

the original performance of a play[/ex]

5) being that from which a copy, translation, or the like is made

6) a primary form or type from which varieties are derived

7) an original work, document, or the like, as opposed to a copy or imitation

8) the person or thing represented by a picture, description, etc

9) a person whose ways of thinking or acting are original

10) archaic an eccentric person

11) archaic a source of being; an author or originator

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Etymology: 1300–50