adj.
- existing from the beginning; first or earliest.
- created personally by a particular artist, writer, etc.; not a copy.
- inventive or novel.
n.
- the earliest form of something, from which copies can be made.
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(the original)
the language in which something was first written.
- an eccentric or unusual person.
Derivative
- originality n.
- originally adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., or from L. originalis, from origin- (see origin).