sartorial
adjective
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Study the seams in the word sartorial and you’ll find the common adjective suffix -ial and sartor, a Medieval Latin noun meaning “tailor.” (Sartor comes ultimately from Latin sarcire, “to mend.”) Sartorial has bedecked the English language since the early decades of the 19th century as a word describing things relating to clothes and to tailors, while sartor, though never fully adopted into the language, has also seen occasional use as a synonym for tailor. A third word shares the same root: sartorius (plural sartorii) refers to the longest muscle in the human body. Crossing the front of the thigh obliquely, it assists in rotating the leg to the cross-legged position in which the knees are spread wide apart—and in which tailors have traditionally sat.
Examples of sartorial in a Sentence
Sarah Zendejas, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2026
And this sartorial showing by Hollywood’s leading men was only the latest evidence that brooches are back in a big way.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 20 Mar. 2026
The print that swaths each selection here nods to that sartorial inclination and channels feminine beauty at every angle.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 Mar. 2026
Chalamet flexed his sartorial muscles in a custom Givenchy butter-yellow suit.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
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“Sartorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sartorial. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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