\O*rig"i*nal\, a. [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}.

\O*rig"i*nal\, 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. [R.]
         Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals.
                                               --C. G.
                                               Leland.
4. A person of marked eccentricity. [Colloq.]
5. (Zo["o]l. & 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.