† originousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Native; original.In quot. a1637 perhaps intended to represent a colloquial blunder or slip of the tongue.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adjective]
mother?c1225
originalc1350
radicala1398
primitive?a1425
fundamentalc1449
primordial?a1450
primea1500
primary1565
nativea1592
fundamentive1593
primordiate1599
primara1603
remote1605
originousa1637
originary1638
parental1647
principiate1654
fontal1656
underivative1656
underived1656
fountainous1662
first hand1699
matricular1793
first-handed1855
protomorphic1887
a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub i. iv. 4 in Wks. (1640) III What? wispes o' your wedding day, zonne? This is right Originous Clay: and Clay o' Kilborne too! View more context for this quotation
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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