Original (?), a. [F. original, L. originalis.]
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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.
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His form had yet not lost
All her original brightness. Milton.
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2. Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.
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3. Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
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4. Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.
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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.
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