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Definition of Original
Original

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.

Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.

Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.

Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.

Origin; commencement; source.

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.

An original thinker or writer; an originator.

A person of marked eccentricity.

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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Original Quotations

But to me, to be original is to be yourself.
Marc Newson

I'm the original.
Sally Rand

If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there's no one like you.
Marc Newson

Hippies? Why, I'm the original.
Jerry Lee Lewis

You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
Bernadette Peters

Original Translations

original in Dutch is oorspronkelijk, origineel
original in German is original
original in Italian is originale, originale, originario
original in Latin is exemplar
original in Spanish is original
original in Swedish is ursprunglig, originell


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