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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024o•rig•i•nal•i•ty (ə rij′ə nal′i tē),USA pronunciation n. - the quality or state of being original.
- ability to think or express oneself in an independent and individual manner;
creative ability. - freshness or novelty, as of an idea, method, or performance.
- French originalité. See original, -ity
- 1735–45
- 1, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inventiveness, ingenuity, cleverness, creativeness.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: originality /əˌrɪdʒɪˈnælɪtɪ/ n ( pl -ties)- the quality or condition of being original
- the ability to create or innovate
o•rig•i•nal /əˈrɪdʒənəl/USA pronunciation adj. - belonging or relating to the origin or beginning of something; earliest:[before a noun]the original source of the problem.
- arising or proceeding independently;
inventive:an original idea. - thinking or acting in an independent, creative, or individual manner:an original thinker.
- created, undertaken, or presented for the first time:[before a noun]the original performance of a play.
- being that from which a copy, translation, or the like is made:The original document is in Washington.
n. [countable] - a primary form or type from which other, different types come.
- an original work, document, or the like, as opposed to a copy or imitation.
- a person whose ways of thinking or acting are original.
o•rig•i•nal•i•ty /əˌrɪdʒəˈnælɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -ori-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024o•rig•i•nal (ə rij′ə nl),USA pronunciation adj. - belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning:The book still has its original binding.
- new;
fresh;
inventive;
novel:an original way of advertising. - arising or proceeding independently of anything else:an original view of history.
- capable of or given to thinking or acting in an independent, creative, or individual manner:an original thinker.
- created, undertaken, or presented for the first time:to give the original performance of a string quartet.
- being something from which a copy, a translation, or the like is made:The original document is in Washington.
n. - a primary form or type from which varieties are derived.
- an original work, writing, or the like, as opposed to any copy or imitation:The original of this is in the British Museum.
- the person or thing represented by a picture, description, etc.:The original is said to have been the painter's own house.
- a person whose ways of thinking or acting are original:In a field of brilliant technicians he is a true original.
- [Archaic.]an eccentric person.
- [Archaic.]a source of being;
an author or originator.
- Latin orīginālis (adjective, adjectival) and Medieval Latin orīgināle original document (noun, nominal use of neuter adjective, adjectival), equivalent. to orīgin- (see origin) + -ālis -al1
- Middle English 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged primary, primordial, primeval, primitive, aboriginal.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged archetype, pattern, prototype, model.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged copy.
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