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
Meredith Kile, People.com, 4 July 2025
On July 2, Bieber and Morrone hit up every celebrity's favorite LA sushi spot in WeHo looking like the sartorial embodiment of black cat/golden retriever energy.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 3 July 2025
However, some sartorial choices carried a weightier message, particularly against the backdrop of current global events.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The result is a 10-piece collection featuring six women’s items made from cotton-hemp and four men’s items made from wool and cotton, all inspired by sartorial craftsmanship and washed with a unique washing process created by Soko.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
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“Sartorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sartorial. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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