sartorial

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Pronunciation

/sɑːˈtɔːriəl/(sar-TOR-ee-ul)

Part of speech

adjectiveformal

Chinese

裁缝的；服装的

Definition

Relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress.

Word family

  • sartorially/sɑːˈtɔːriəli/(adv)着装方面

Collocations

  • sartorial elegance
  • sartorial choices
  • sartorial style
  • sartorial splendor

Examples

  1. 1.His sartorial elegance was legendary — always perfectly tailored, never a thread out of place. (clothing style)
  2. 2.The company's relaxed dress code reflects a shift away from traditional sartorial standards. (dress-related)

Synonyms

  • (no direct synonyms — this is the specific word for clothing/tailoring-related matters)

Etymology

from Latin "sartor" = tailor — "sarcire" = to patch/mend — relating to the art of the tailor