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 (audio recording) from which copies can be made
[syn: {master}, {master copy}]
2: an original model on which something is patterned [syn: {archetype},
{pilot}]