urtext

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement.
  2. The original version of a piece of music or text, often as created by the composer or writer.

Word forms

urtext urtexts urtexte ur-text

Etymology

From ur- + text.

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