originary

comparative more originary · superlative most originary

1. rarePertaining to or being the origin of something.

   The Big Bang was the originary explosion of the universe.

2. rarePrimitive, original.

   Christians believe human beings to have been sinless in their originary state.

   1 more example

   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.

   2003, Reiner Schürmann, Broken Hegemonies, page 274

3. obsoleteoftenHaving its origin (in); originating (from).

   This dish is originary of northern Asia.

plural originaries

1. obsoleteNative (a person born in a particular geographic place, such as a country or region)