Original vs. Originary
Originaladjective
(not comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
Originaladjective
(not comparable) First in a series or copies/versions.
Originaladjective
(not comparable) Newly created.
Originaladjective
(comparable) Fresh, different.
Originaladjective
(not comparable) Pioneering.
Originaladjective
(not comparable) Having as its origin.
Originalnoun
An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.
Originalnoun
A person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent.
Originalnoun
(archaic) An eccentric.
Originaladjective
Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.
Originaladjective
Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.
Originaladjective
Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
Originaladjective
Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.
Originalnoun
Origin; commencement; source.
Originalnoun
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.
Originalnoun
An original thinker or writer; an originator.
Originalnoun
A person of marked eccentricity.
Originalnoun
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.
Originalnoun
an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
Originalnoun
an original model on which something is patterned
Originaladjective
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed;
Originaladjective
(of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary;
Originaladjective
being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of;
Originaladjective
not derived or copied or translated from something else;
Originaladjective
present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest
Originaladjective
created personally by a particular artist, writer, musician, etc.; not a copy
Originaladjective
not dependent on other people's ideas; inventive or novel
Originalnoun
the earliest form of something, from which copies may be made
Originalnoun
the language in which something was first written
Originalnoun
a person or place on which a character or location in a literary work is based
Originalnoun
a book or recording that has not been previously made available in a different form
Originalnoun
a garment made to order from a design specially prepared for a fashion collection
Originalnoun
an eccentric or unusual person
Originaryadjective
(rare) Pertaining to or being the origin of something.
Originaryadjective
(rare) primitive, original
Originaryadjective
(obsolete, often preceding 'of') Having its origin (in); originating (from).
Originarynoun
(obsolete) native a person born in a particular geographic place, such as a country or region
Originaryadjective
Causing existence; productive.
Originaryadjective
Primitive; primary; original.
