Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - original

~1 adj 1 only before noun existing or happening first, before being changed or replaced by something or someone else  (The land was returned to its original owner. | We still have the original stone floor.) 2 completely new and different from anything that anyone has thought of before  (a highly original style | an original thinker | What an original idea!) 3 only before noun not copied  (an original Holbein drawing) ~2 n 1 a painting, document, etc that is not a copy, but is the one produced by the writer or artist  (The colour was paler in the original. | I'll keep a copy, and give you the original.) 2 in the original in the language that a book, play etc was first written in, before it was translated  (I read it in the original.) 3 informal someone whose behaviour, clothing etc is unusual and amusing