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
Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
When Ford began his own namesake brand in 2005, their sartorial relationship blossomed even further.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Being Italian himself, Cavaliere naturally draws on many of the same cultural and sartorial influences that shaped Giorgio Armani’s work.
—Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Rain or shine, just throw on a swing coat and lug-sole boots for instant sartorial success.
—Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Sartorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sartorial. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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