Aboriginal
[æbə'rɪdʒɪn(ə)l] or [,æbə'rɪdʒənl]
Definition
(adj.) having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; 'aboriginal forests'; 'primal eras before the appearance of life on earth'; 'the forest primeval'; 'primordial matter'; 'primordial forms of life' .
(adj.) of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia; 'an Aboriginal rite' .
Edited by Allison--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.
(a.) Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.
(n.) An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
(n.) An animal or a plant native to the region.
Checked by Irving
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Primitive, primeval, primordial, pristine, primary, prime, original, first, native, indigenous, autochthonal.
Checked by Barlow
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Primordial, primeval, pristine, autochthonic, immemorial, indigenous, native,original
ANT:Subsequent, adventitious, imported, exotic, immigrant, recent, upstart, modern,late, novel, fresh
Checker: Lyman
Definition
adj. first primitive indigenous.—adv. Aborig′inally.
Editor: Luke
Examples
- The doctrine of the origin of our several domestic races from several aboriginal stocks, has been carried to an absurd extreme by some authors. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Some were refugee cities representing smashed communities, and in these the aboriginal substratum would be missing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The supposed aboriginal stocks must all have been rock-pigeons, that is, they did not breed or willingly perch on trees. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Let us see the natives in their aboriginal condition. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- His laugh, in fact, is sometimes almost aboriginal; slapping his hands delightedly on his knees, he rocks back and forth and fairly shouts his pleasure. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This rare event is probably a case of reversion to the long-lost, aboriginal instinct of nidification. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- No one supposes that our choicest productions have been produced by a single variation from the aboriginal stock. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In many cases we do not know what the aboriginal stock was, and so could not tell whether or not nearly perfect reversion had ensued. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Typist: Lucas