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
Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 July 2025
Woven into this sartorial journey are his nuggets of wisdom that span from fashion industry insights to garment construction.
—Tiffany Leigh, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Stepping out in Midtown in New York City, the Die, My Love actor made her second sartorial attempt at sneakerina styling, with a pair of black and cream-soled Wales Bonner velcro shoes.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 18 July 2025
The Juliet Pro heel is smart, graceful, and also subtle enough to act as a kind of sartorial chameleon offering a comfortable two-inch heel.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
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“Sartorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sartorial. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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