Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

originary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: orig-i-nary
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or being the origin of something.

adj

Primitive, original.

adj

Having its origin (in); originating (from).

Obsolete

noun

Native (a person born in a particular geographic place, such as a country or region)

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The Big Bang was the originary explosion of the universe."
"Christians believe human beings to have been sinless in their originary state."
"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."
"This dish is originary of northern Asia."

Etymology

From the Latin orīginārius.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more originary (comparative) most originary (superlative) originaries (plural)

Derived Forms

originariness

Questions

What does originary mean?: Pertaining to or being the origin of something.
Where does originary come from?: From the Latin orīginārius.

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