Original

Original
Original O*rig"i*nal, n. [Cf. F. original.] [1913 Webster] 1. Origin; commencement; source. [1913 Webster]

It hath it original from much grief. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

2. 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. [1913 Webster]

The Scriptures may be now read in their own original. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

3. An original thinker or writer; an originator. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals. --C. G. Leland. [1913 Webster]

4. A person of marked eccentricity. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

5. (Zo["o]l. & Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]


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