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
Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
Trouser Epiphany My 2024 was defined by a sartorial pivot via the sublime trouser cut of Studio Nicholson.
—Tom Stubbs, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2025
Irina Shayk spread her sartorial wings for the first time at Carnival!
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Loafers With a Blazer Dress Loafers and suits are a match made in sartorial heaven—that’s a given—but if the business casual combo is starting to feel a bit stale, here’s a simple trick to try.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Sartorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sartorial. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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