sartorial

adj
/sɑːˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/UK/sɑɹˈtɔɹ.i.əl/US

Etymology

From New Latin sartorius (“pertaining to a tailor”), from Late Latin sartor (“tailor”), from Latin sarcire (“to patch, mend”) + -ial.

  1. derived from sarcire
  2. derived from sartor
  3. derived from sartorius

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the tailoring of clothing.

    • His sartorial rebellions were slight: he wore jeans, for example, when giving tutorials.
    • Suits are full of joy. They are the sartorial equivalent of a baby’s smile.
    • The occasion, back then, was his decision to wear a hoodie with a suit jacket while on the air, which proved such an unexpected sartorial choice for an anchorman that it went viral, creating its own mini-news cycle.
  2. Of or relating to the quality of dress.

    • In his smart suit Jacob was by far the most sartorial of our party.
    • He was just a college instructor at the time, long before he had written his book and long before his sartorial conversion. The pockets of his sports coat bulged from having had fists thrust into them too long.
  3. Of or relating to the sartorius muscle.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA