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   original

   /əˈrɪdʒənl/

   adjective

   • 1. present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest: "the original owner of the house" Similar indigenousnativefirstinitialaboriginalancientprimevalprimordialrare:autochthonousautochthonicfirstearliestprimaryuntouchedunediteduncutOpposite latestlast
   • 2. created personally by a particular artist, writer, musician, etc.; not a copy: "original Rembrandts" Similar authenticgenuineactualrealtruebona fideveritablenot copiedarchetypalprototypicalmasterinformal:kosherpukkaOpposite fake
   • 3. not dependent on other people's ideas; inventive or novel: "a subtle and original thinker" Similar innovativecreativeimaginativeinnovatoryinnovationalinventiveingeniousnewnovelfreshrefreshingunusualunconventionalunorthodoxunfamiliarunprecedentedgroundbreakingdisruptivepioneeringavant-gardeseminalfertileuniqueindividualindividualisticdistinctiveOpposite commonplaceconventionalunimaginative

   noun

   • 1. the earliest form of something, from which copies may be made: "the portrait may be a copy of the original"
   • ▪ the language in which something was first written: "the study of Russian texts in the original" Similar archetypeprototypesourcemasterparadigmmodelpatternstandard
   • ▪ a person or place on which a character or location in a literary work is based: "the house is reputed to be the original of Mansfield Park"
   • ▪ a book or recording that has not been previously made available in a different form: "paperback originals"
   • ▪ a garment made to order from a design specially prepared for a fashion collection: "the designer has donated one of her amazing originals, a frothy pink evening dress"
   • 2. an eccentric or unusual person: "he was one of the true originals" Similar individualistindividualeccentricnonconformistfree spiritbohemianrare birdmaverickoddityrara avisinformal:characteroddballnutweirdoweirdieone-offodd bodonerodd/queer fishwackowackscrewballkookwackadoowackadoodleinformal, dated:cardcase

   Word Origin Middle English (the earliest use being in the phrase original sin): from Old French, or from Latin originalis, from origin- (see origin).

   Scrabble Points: 9

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