Associations to the word «Urtext»

Wiktionary

URTEXT, noun. A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement.
URTEXT, noun. (music) The original version of a piece of music, as created by the composer.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan