o·rig·i·nal 
(ə-rĭjə-nəl)
(ə-rĭjə-nəl)adj.
1. Preceding all others in time; first: Who played the original Dracula?
2.
a. Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual: an original play, not an adaptation.
b. Showing a marked departure from previous practice; new: a truly original approach. See Synonyms at new.
3. Productive of new things or new ideas; inventive: an original mind.
4. Being the source from which a copy, reproduction, or translation is made.
n.
1. A first form or model from which others are made or developed: Later versions of the car retained key features of the original.
2.
a. An authentic work of art: bought an original, not a print.
b. A work that has been composed firsthand or used to make a copy, reproduction, or translation: kept the original but sent a photocopy to his publisher.
3.
a. A person with a creative or unusual personality.
b. A person who is appealingly odd or curious; a character.
4. Archaic The source from which something arises; an originator.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin orīginālis, from orīgō, orīgin-, source; see ORIGIN.]