original

"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";

"his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources";

"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";

"a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind";

"this painting is a copy of the original";