original English
Adjective
( en adjective)
(label) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
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*{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
, title= The Three Corpse Trick , chapter=5
, passage=The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.}}
(label) First in a series or copies/versions.
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* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=( The China Governess)
, chapter=1 citation
, passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […].}}
(label) Newly created.
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(label) Fresh, different.
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(label) Pioneering.
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(label) Having as its origin.
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Synonyms
* (first in series ) initial
* autograph
* prototype
Antonyms
* copy
* derivative
* reproduction
* simile
Derived terms
* originally
* original sin
Related terms
* origin
* originality
* originate
* originative
* aboriginal
Noun
( en noun)
An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived
- This manuscript is the original
A person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent
- You’re an original
(archaic) An eccentric
Synonyms
* autograph
* prototype
Antonyms
* copy
* remake
* reproduction
Statistics
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nonformulaic English
Adjective
(-)
Not formulaic; original.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 6, author=Elizabeth Jensen, title=Network’s New Energy Source: The Dark, work=New York Times citation
, passage=In Canada the realistic dialogue, nonformulaic plots and even the use of profanity in “Durham County” “really broke the mold,” Mr. Dillon said. }} |
