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
David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
But yesterday, Rihanna did a sartorial 180, ditching her tomboyish ’fit for a girly, baby pink look.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
The space was curated through Gellar’s lens and inspired by her sartorial taste and stardom from the decade.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Yes, Seyfried and Roberts lived out the sartorial fantasy of many millennials — sharing the perfect pair of denim (as a group of best friends do in the latter film).
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Sartorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sartorial. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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