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  THE ORIGIN OF MAN
• WordNet 3.6
  • adj original not derived or copied or translated from something else; not an adaptation" "the play is original","he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox","the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French"
  • adj original 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"
  • adj original 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"
  • adj original (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources"
  • n original an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
  • n original something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies "this painting is a copy of the original"
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• Interesting fact: The city of Tokyo was originally called Edo
• • Original A person of marked eccentricity.
  • Original An original thinker or writer; an originator. "Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals ."
  • Original Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.
  • Original Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
  • Original Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.
  • Original Origin; commencement; source. "It hath it original from much grief.""And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
    Their great Original proclaim."
  • Original 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. "His form had yet not lost
    All her original brightness."
  • Original 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. "The Scriptures may be now read in their own original ."
  • Original (Zoöl. & 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.
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• Interesting fact: Badminton originates from a sport in India called "poona."
• • original Pertaining to the origin or beginning; initial; primal; first in order; preceding all others: as, the original state in which man was created; the original edition of a book.
  • original Pertaining to or characteristic of the first or earliest stage or state of anything; first or earlier as opposed to later; primeval; primitive; pristine.
  • original Having the power to initiate or suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; creative, as author, artist, philosopher, etc.: as, an original genius.
  • original Produced directly by an author, artist, or authority; not copied, imitated, translated, or transcribed: as, the original document; the original Greek text; the original painting.
  • original Hence Fresh; novel; new; striking; never before thought of or used: as, an original idea or plan; an original invention.
  • original Abbreviated orig.
  • original Inventive, creative.
  • n original Origin; source; starting-point; first issue; beginning.
  • n original Hence Parentage; ancestry; pedigree; descent; derivation; extraction; birth.
  • n original That from which anything is derived; source of being or existence; cause; occasion.
  • n original A primary stock or type from which varieties have been developed: as, the dhole of India is supposed to have been the original of the dog.
  • n original Earliest condition; primal or primitive state; pristine condition, resources, etc.
  • n original First form; archetype; that which is copied, imitated, transcribed, or translated. Specifically — A person portrayed; a person as distinguished from his portrait, or from any work for which he serves as model or artistic motive.
  • n original A work of art as first produced, and contradistinguished from a replica or duplicate made by the artist himself, and from a copy, mechanical reproduction, or imitation.
  • n original A writing, document, or literary production, as distinguished from a transcription, paraphrase, modernization, or translation; also, the language in which a work was first composed.
  • n original A person who produces a novel and unique impression; a person of marked individuality of character; an eccentric person; an oddity.
  • original In geology, noting those constituent minerals of an igneous rock which have crystallized from fusion during the period of consolidation: contrasted with secondary, which describes a mineral produced by alteration or decay.
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• Interesting fact: The sport of surfing originated in Hawaii
• • Original pertaining to the origin or beginning: first in order or existence: in the author's own words or from the artist's own pencil: not copied: not translated: having the power to originate, as thought
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• Gaston Bachelard

  

  “There is no original truth, only original error.”
• Billy Joel

  

  “I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.”
• Robert Collier

  

  “All riches have their origin in mind. Wealth is in ideas -- not money.”
• Jorge Luis Borges

  

  “The original is unfaithful to the translation.”
• Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

  

  “The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say something, as if it had never been said before.”
• Clement Greenberg

  

  “All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.”

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