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aboriginal (iou)



aboriginal adjective & noun. M17.
[Irreg. from ABORIGINES + -AL1.]
A. adjective.
First or earliest known; primitive; indigenous. M17.
J. Heath-Stubbs An aboriginal Filipino pygmy.
b. Existing in a land before the arrival of (European) colonists. L17.
Of or pertaining to aborigines or their languages, esp. (usu. Aboriginal) those of Australia. L18.
E. Morris Such and such a word is not Aboriginal. E. Birney The..curator has left me alone / in the closed wing of the aboriginal section.
b. noun. An aboriginal inhabitant or the aboriginal language of a place, esp. (usu. Aboriginal) of Australia. M18.
,aborigi'nality noun the quality of being aboriginal M19.
aboriginally adverb from or in the earliest known times E19.