sartorial

adjective

sar·to·ri·al sär-ˈtȯr-ē-əl

sər-,

sə-

: of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes

broadly : of or relating to clothes

poor sartorial taste

sartorially

sär-ˈtȯr-ē-ə-lē

adverb

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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

They accused him of having poor sartorial taste. The wedding party arrived in sartorial splendor.

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Well, when that handbag ignites the embers of sartorial sensibilities across the fashion sphere. —

Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025 Invoking the sartorial spirit of Wednesday Addams' older goth sister, Gaga was dressed in black from head to toe. —

Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025 The sweater’s hue was a sartorial homage to the Philadelphia Eagles, whose team colors include midnight green, white, black and silver. —

Julia Teti, WWD, 10 Feb. 2025 Has my long sartorial journey finally come to an end? —

Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for sartorial