I . a.
1.
Primitive, ab~, primeval, primary, primordial, pristine, first.
2.
Untranslated.
3.
Inventive, creative.
II . n.
1.
Source, spring, origin, cause, commencement.
2.
Archetype, model, pattern, type, prototype, protoplast, exemplar, first copy.
3.
( Colloq. ) Oddity, eccentric person.