originala.[F. original, L. originalis.]()1. 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. (Milton.)2. Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.()3. Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.()4. Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.()Original sin (Theol.), the first sin of Adam, as related to its consequences to his descendants of the human race; -- called also total depravity. See Calvinism.()n.[Cf. F. original.]()1. Origin; commencement; source.()It hath it original from much grief. (Shak.)And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim. (Addison.)2. 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. (Milton.)3. An original thinker or writer; an originator.()Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals. (C. G. Leland.)4. A person of marked eccentricity.()5. (Zol. & 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.()