sartorial
Americanadjective
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of or relating to tailors or their trade.
sartorial workmanship.
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of or relating to clothing or style or manner of dress.
sartorial splendor.
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Anatomy. pertaining to the sartorius.
adjective
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of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring
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anatomy of or relating to the sartorius
Other Word Forms
- presartorial adjective
- sartorially adverb
- unsartorial adjective
- unsartorially adverb
Etymology
Origin of sartorial
First recorded in 1815–25; from Late Latin sartor “tailor” + -ial
Example Sentences
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It is a place unlike any other in L.A., where customers can imagine sartorial possibilities that reflect back the uniqueness of our city’s inhabitants.
From Los Angeles Times
Abiding by the sartorial pecking order has become more complicated as the financial industry’s dress code has gotten even more casual since the pandemic.
Calling on the bibs might be the smart sartorial choice once again on Saturday.
From BBC
“I need to call Lorren. She’s helping me pick out what to wear so I don’t humiliate myself tomorrow—sartorially speaking. Everything else is still on the table.”
From Literature
Just as Kim Jong Un has dressed to echo his predecessors, the sartorial symmetry underscores his daughter’s connection to the “Mount Paektu bloodline”—those with a direct lineage to North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.
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