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.