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
Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2025
One senses that there may have been more to the woman’s silence than awestruck agreement, but Bergler cheerfully adds her to his portfolio of case studies, in which patients’ sartorial peculiarities are unfailingly traced to episodes from their pasts.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
As for accessories, Corrin favored a minimalist approach, keeping their sartorial statement the focal point of the look, with makeup and hairstyle highlights highlighting a clean visage and Corrin’s brunette pixie cut.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 19 Dec. 2025
As Emily's career path has changed; her romances have come and gone; and her life has taken her out of France, altogether, her sartorial choices have been impacted, Fitoussi explains.
—Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Sartorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sartorial. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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