tonsorial

[ ton-sawr-ee-uh l, -sohr- ]

/ tɒnˈsɔr i əl, -ˈsoʊr- /

adjective

of or relating to a barber or barbering: the tonsorial shop.

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Origin of tonsorial

1805–15; < Latin tōnsōri(us) of shaving (tond(ēre) to shave + -tōrius -tory¹, with dt > s) + -al¹

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Examples from the Web for tonsorial

One likes to think of regal features and tonsorial habits setting a fashion.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas
Then why do you not apply at the Tonsorial Administrative Office of the level for permission to change?
City of Endless Night|Milo Hastings
For intermittent though necessary expenses, such as tonsorial service, clothing and books.
City of Endless Night|Milo Hastings
Arthur Carroll made an entrance into the “Tonsorial Parlor.”
The Debtor|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Several of us had gone under the transforming hands of this tonsorial artist, when Bob McIntosh got his turn.
From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign|William Meade Dame

British Dictionary definitions for tonsorial

tonsorial

/ (tɒnˈsɔːrɪəl) /

adjective

often facetious of or relating to barbering or hairdressing

Word Origin for tonsorial

C19: from Latin tōnsōrius concerning shaving, from tondēre to shave

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Word Origin and History for tonsorial

tonsorial

adj.

"pertaining to barbers," 1813, from Latin tonsorius "of or pertaining to shearing or shaving," from tonsor "a shaver or barber," from tonsus, past participle of tondere "to shear, shave" (see tonsure). Tonsorious in the same sense is attested from 1650s.