originary
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Etymology
From the Latin orīginārius.
Adjective
originary (comparative more originary, superlative most originary)
- (rare) Pertaining to or being the origin of something.
- The Big Bang was the originary explosion of the universe.
- (rare) primitive, original
- The originary concept was very different.
- 2003, Reiner Schürmann, Broken Hegemonies, page 274:
- My only aim will be to trace the dislocating work of the two conditions that ensue, namely, the principial condition over which the foundation presides and the ground as the originary condition.
- (obsolete, often preceding 'of') Having its origin (in); originating (from).
- This dish is originary of northern Asia.
Noun
originary (plural originaries)
Derived terms
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