sartorial
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- adjective
- /sɑrˈtɔːriəl/
- Formal
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sartorial
- The designer is renowned for his sartorial flair, often creating outfits that are both stylish and unique.
- sartorial purchasing
- sartorial choices
Examples
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While most celebrities craft some sort of sartorial identity, Gaga is always clad in apparel usually seen only on Fashion Week runways.
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But life is all about taking chances and sartorial risks, especially when you're on holiday.
Blog text (9) -
This is one of the I have very particular sartorial ideas about the way men should dress.
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We're not interested in your sartorial taste...
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We're not discussing sartorial matters here.
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Although even I have better sartorial taste than to wear a baseball cap backwards.
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You'll note how our sartorial standards have perhaps declined a little bit.
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Sartorial splendor was one of his attributes.
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The hypothesis was that students' sartorial purchasing habits are considerably influenced by peers.
Academic text (2011) -
Her critique of modern sartorial trends, while playful, carries with it serious social commentary.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
About clothing and how people dress
How Stylish
Surface Forms
Morphology
sartorial = sartor + ial
Formed from a non-native root ('sartor' 'tailor') plus the adjectival suffix '-ial'; because the root is not a productive English base, learners cannot transparently derive the meaning from the parts.
Etymology
Sartorial comes from the Latin word sartor, which means 'tailor', and it shares the same root as the English word tailor. Think of a tailor measuring and sewing clothes, so sartorial means 'relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress'.