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original

adjective
  1. not derived or copied or translated from something else
    “the play is original”
  2. preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
    “the original inhabitants of the Americas”
  3. being or productive of something fresh and unusual
  4. not secondhand or by way of something intermediary, such as information
    “Their work is based on only original, not secondary, sources.”
noun
  1. an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
    mastermaster copy
  2. something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
    “this painting is a copy of the original”
    pilotarchetype