See Also: original(dictionary)
original sin(dictionary)
Original(money)
original sin(encyclopedia)
Original(medicine)
Original cost(finance)
Original face value(finance)
Original margin(finance)
Original maturity(finance)
The Original Mitchell's(tourism)

well-heeled (oh) and original (iou)


well-heeled (oh)



adj informal
rich
::a well-heeled businessman

original (iou)



original adjective & noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin originalis, from origin-: see ORIGIN, -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Existing at or from the beginning or earliest stage; primary, initial, innate. Earliest in original sin below. ME.
S. Bellow His original vexation with Max revived. Daily Telegraph Quiet and peaceful inside with original panelling and tapestries.
b. That is such by birth, born. rare. E18.
That is the origin or source of something; spec. (of a picture, text, etc.) from which another is copied, translated, etc. ME.
T. Gray Shake her own creation To its original atoms. M. Woodhouse Copies of Lorca in the original Spanish.
Proceeding directly from its source; not derivative or imitative; spec. made, composed, etc., by a person himself or herself. E18.
J. Ruskin A certain quality about an original drawing which you cannot get in a woodcut.
Given to or displaying independent Exercise of the mind or imagination; inventive, fresh, creative. M18.
H. C. Merivale Even on the..mysteries of Aristotle's Ethics he could throw an original light. A. Lurie Some of the stories..are conventionally sentimental..others are startlingly original.
Special collocations: original equipment manufacturer an organization that makes devices to its own design and under its own brand name from component parts bought from Other manufacturers (abbreviation OEM). original gravity Brewing the relative density of the wort before it is fermented to produce beer (this value depending chiefly on the quantity of fermentable sugars in solution and hence being a guide to the alcoholic strength of the finished beer). original instrument (a copy of) a musical instrument Dating from the time when the Music played on it was composed. original pravity: see PRAVITY 1. original print: made directly from an artist's own woodcut, etching, etc., and printed by the artist or under his or her supervision. original sin Theology the tendency to evil supposedly innate in all humans, held to be inherited from Adam in consequence of the Fall of Man (opp. actual sin). original writ Law (now Hist.) a writ issuing from the Court of Chancery, which formed the foundation of a real action at common law.
b. noun.
Origin, derivation; parentage, descent. arch. & Scot. LME.
H. Hallam Some word of barbarous original.
b. Beginning, earliest stage. E16-M18.
c. Anatomy. The fact of springing or arising (as a nerve, vein, etc.) from some part. Also, = ORIGIN 2. L16-M17.
A person or thing from which something proceeds; a source, a cause. arch. LME.
R. L. Stevenson The unmistakeable original of the deed in question.
b. Law (now Hist.). = original writ above. LME.
A picture, document, photograph, etc., from which another is copied; the text or literary work from which a translation is made. LME.
B. Bova He knew which were the originals and which the copies. P. Grosskurth Learning German in order to read Freud in the original.
b. A person represented in a picture; a person on whom a literary character is based. L18.
In pl.
a. Original or fundamental elements. LME-M17.
b. Original inhabitants, members (of a society), etc. rare. E18.
A work of literature or Art that is not a copy or imitation. L17.
House & Garden The intricately gilded furniture..the Sevres porcelainall are..copies of well-known originals.
b. A garment specially designed for exhibition in a Fashion collection; a copy of such a garment made to order. M20.
c. Music (chiefly Jazz). A piece written by its performer(s). M20.
a. A person who acts in an original way; a singular or eccentric person. L17.
C. Lambert An 'original' like Gesualdo, Berlioz or Busoni.
b. A thing of unique character. rare. E18.
Antiquity This self bow is an original of unknown origin.
originally adverb (a) in respect of origin or derivation; (b) in the first place, primarily; (c) at or from the beginning: LME.