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
Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Better than the book being an idyllic sartorial moodboard, however, is the storytelling from Lennox that comes along with it.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
But a new exhibit unveiled this week showcases the clothing choices of the presidential men of the White House — and what those sartorial statements meant — from a Founding Father to a peanut farmer.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
The designer also matched her dress with long opera gloves, creating a sartorial monochrome effect.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Sartorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sartorial. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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