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[ab-uh-rij-uh-nl] Origin

ab·o·rig·i·nal

[ab-uh-rij-uh-nl]
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or typical of aborigines: aboriginal customs.
2.
original or earliest known; native; indigenous: the aboriginal people of Tahiti.
noun
3.
aborigine (def. 1).
4.
(initial capital letter) aborigine (def. 2).

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Origin:
1660–70; aborigine + -al1

ab·o·rig·i·nal·i·ty, noun
ab·o·rig·i·nal·ly, adverb


2. endemic, autochthonous, primordial.

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Aboriginality (ˌæbəˌrɪdʒɪˈnælɪtɪ)
 
n
the state of being Aboriginal, esp with regard to having a common Aboriginal culture

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aboriginal
1660s, "first, earliest," esp. in ref. to inhabitants of lands colonized by Europeans, from aborigines (see aborigine); specific Australian sense is from 1820. The noun is attested from 1767.
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