Original Definition
ə-rĭjə-nəl
originals
adjective
Preceding all others in time; first.
Who played the original Dracula?
American Heritage
Having to do with an origin; first; earliest.
Webster's New World
Never having occurred or existed before; fresh; new; novel.
Webster's New World
Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual.
An original play, not an adaptation.
American Heritage
Capable of or given to inventing or creating something new, or thinking or acting in an independent, individual, fresh way.
Webster's New World
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noun
originals
A first form or model from which others are made or developed.
Later versions of the car retained key features of the original.
American Heritage
A pristine form or primary type that has given rise to varieties.
Webster's New World
An authentic work of art.
Bought an original, not a print.
American Heritage
An original work, as of art or literature, as distinguished from a reproduction, copy, etc.
Webster's New World
The person or thing represented in a painting or the like.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Original
Noun
Singular:
original
Plural:
originalsOrigin of Original
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From Middle English original, from Old French original, from Late Latin originalis (“primitive, original"), from Latin origo (“beginning, source, origin"); see origin.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French from Latin orīginālis from orīgō orīgin- source origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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