sartorial
[sahr-tawr-ee-uh l, -tohr-]
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adjective
of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
of or relating to clothing or style or manner of dress: sartorial splendor.
Anatomy. pertaining to the sartorius.
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Nearby words
- sarto, andrea del,
- sarton,
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- sartor,
- sartor resartus,
- sartorially,
- sartorius,
- sartorius muscle,
- sartre,
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Origin of sartorial
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Word Origin for sartorial
C19: from Late Latin sartōrius from sartor
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sartorial
"pertaining to a tailor," 1807, from Modern Latin sartorius, from Late Latin sartor "tailor" (cf. French sartre "tailor"), literally "patcher, mender," from Latin sart-, past participle stem of sarcire "to patch, mend," from PIE root *serk- "to make whole." Earlier in English in same sense was Related: sartorian (1660s). Sartorius as the name of the long leg muscle is because it is used in crossing the legs to bring them into the position needed to sit like a tailor. Related: Sartorially.
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