original

original (http://definr.com/original)

     adj 1: preceding all others in time or being as first made or
            performed; "the original inhabitants of the Americas";
            "the book still has its original binding"; "restored
            the house to its original condition"; "the original
            performance of the opera"; "the original cast";
            "retracted his original statement"
     2: (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something
        intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not
        secondary, sources"
     3: being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being
        as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach";
        "with original music"; "an original mind" [ant: unoriginal]
     4: not derived or copied or translated from something else;
        "the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the
        original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation
        misses much of the subtlety of the original French"
     n 1: an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which
          copies can be made [syn: master, master copy]
     2: an original model on which something is patterned [syn: archetype,
         pilot]