original: 意味と定義

Preceding all others in time; first.

Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual: an original play, not an adaptation.

Showing a marked departure from previous practice; new: a truly original approach. See Synonyms at new.

Productive of new things or new ideas; inventive: an original mind.

Being the source from which a copy, reproduction, or translation is made.

A first form from which other forms are made or developed: Later models of the car retained many features of the original.

An authentic work of art: bought an original, not a print.

Work that has been composed firsthand: kept the original but sent a photocopy to his publisher.

A person who is appealingly odd or curious; a character.

Archaic The source from which something arises; an originator.