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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The original text, as of a musical score or a literary work.

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

Etymologies

  1. ur- +‎ text (Wiktionary)
  2. German : ur-, original; see Ursprache + Text, text (from Middle High German, from Late Latin textus); see text. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • hernesheir Some scholars believe Shakespeare's Hamlet was based upon an earlier text that has not survived, and refer to that work as Ur-Hamlet. Sep 16, 2009

  • whichbe Earliest version of a text; original unmodified version. (from Phrontistery) May 24, 2008

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