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
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
3 July 2026
The 44-year-old singer's children, Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19, made a rare joint public appearance at Paris Men's Fashion Week after TMZ reported that the two would achieve a runway milestone together during the days-long sartorial event overseas.
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Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
Adidas is also having trouble keeping pace with demand for Germany jerseys and several of the unexpected sartorial hits of the tournament, including Curaçao and Japan’s away shirts (even though neither have appeared at the tournament).
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David Betancourt,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
The sartorial orthodoxy of masculine style was born in revolution, raised in industry, came of age in a culture of capitalism, reached maturity through the language of democracy, and then traveled across the globe through colonialism.
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Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
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“Sartorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sartorial. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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