sartorial
adjective
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It's easy to uncover the root of sartorial. Just strip off the suffix -ial and you discover the Latin noun sartor, meaning "tailor" (literally, "one who patches or mends"). Sartorial splendor has been the stuff of voguish magazines for years, and even sartor itself has occasionally proven fashionable, as it did in 1843, when Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote of "coats whose memory turns the sartor pale," or in the 1870 title The Sartor, or British journal of cutting, clothing, and fashion. Sartorial has been in style with English speakers since at least 1823.
Examples of sartorial in a Sentence
Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 24 Apr. 2025
The president has surrounded himself with media figures less likely to ask him difficult questions and more likely to criticize Volodymyr Zelensky's sartorial proclivities.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Jennifer Garner and Jane Fonda are just some of the stars who have shown their sartorial support for comfy loafers in recent weeks — and in totally different ways.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Despite is ubiquity in financial districts worldwide—or perhaps because of it—the fleece vest has long been relegated to punching-bag status in sartorial circles.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Sartorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sartorial. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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