Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ORIGINAL
original
(adjective) not derived or copied or translated from something else; “the play is original; not an adaptation”; “he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox”; “the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French”
original
(adjective) preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed; “the original inhabitants of the Americas”; “the book still has its original binding”; “restored the house to its original condition”; “the original performance of the opera”; “the original cast”; “retracted his original statement”
original
(adjective) being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; “a truly original approach”; “with original music”; “an original mind”
original
(adjective) (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; “his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources”
master, master copy, original
(noun) an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
original, archetype, pilot
(noun) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; “this painting is a copy of the original”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
original (comparative more original, superlative most original)
(not comparable) relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others
(not comparable) first in a series or copies/versions
Synonym: initial
(not comparable) newly created
(comparable) fresh, different
(not comparable) pioneering
(not comparable) having as its origin
Synonyms
• autograph
• prototype
Antonyms
• (first in a series)
copy, reproduction, simile (imitation)
derivative (branch)
ultimate (last, extreme)
Noun
original (plural originals)
an object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived
a person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent
(archaic) an eccentric
Synonyms
• autograph
• prototype
Antonyms
• copy, remake, reproduction
• derivative
• ultimate
Source: Wiktionary
O*rig"i*nal, a. Etym: [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. Etym: [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. (Zoöl. & Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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