ORIGINALS
Noun
originals
plural of original
Anagrams
• oralising, sailoring, signorial
Source: Wiktionary
ORIGINAL
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