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
Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2025
The look’s asymmetric neckline gave way to a bevy of ruffles on one shoulder, adding juxtaposition and sartorial tension to the overall look.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
At the end of the day, Stone relied on all of the wardrobe classics to turn boring old sports merch into a sartorial home run.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 31 July 2025
In the 1930s and 1940s, zoot suits were the sartorial rebellion that took over urban city centers like Los Angeles, Harlem, Detroit, and Chicago.
—Alexandra Jane, Essence, 31 July 2025
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“Sartorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sartorial. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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