originative

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The originative intellectual worker is not a normal human being and does not lead nor desire to lead a normal human life.

From Time Magazine Archive

Behrens was one of those vividly clever energetic people who are the despair of originative men.

From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

And of all this gifted company Coleridge, though not the strongest character or the most prolific poet, was the profoundest intellect and the most originative poetic spirit.

From Coleridge's Ancient Mariner and Select Poems by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

The originative power, masterful vigour, and fiery energy which still characterized Mr. Gladstone after passing his eightieth year were so extraordinary that his followers almost regarded him as immortal. 

From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

And even these committees are less originative and more expressive of the general thought than they were at first.

From The World Set Free by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)