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Original

əˈrɪdʒənl

Original definitions
adjective
original
  1. present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest

    "the original owner of the house"

  2. created personally by a particular artist, writer, musician, etc.; not a copy

    "original Rembrandts"

  3. not dependent on other people's ideas; inventive or novel

    "a subtle and original thinker"

noun
original originals
  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"

    • 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"