sartorial

WOTD – 30 November 2009    

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sɑːˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/, X-SAMPA: /sA:tO:.r\i.@l/
• (US) IPA: /sɑɹˈtɔɹ.i.əl/, X-SAMPA: /sAr\"tOr\.i.@l/

Adjective

sartorial (comparative more sartorial, superlative most sartorial)

1. (not comparable) Of or relating to the tailoring of clothing.
   • 2001, Jay Parini, By Their Clothes Ye Shall Know Them, The Chronicle of Higher Education (21 Dec 2001), B24:

     His sartorial rebellions were slight: he wore jeans, for example, when giving tutorials.

   • 2007, Carter Bays & Craig Thomas, How I Met Your Mother, CBS, Episode 2ALH14:

     Suits are full of joy. They are the sartorial equivalent of a baby’s smile.

2. Of or relating to the quality of dress

   In his smart suit Jacob was by far the most sartorial of our party.

3. (anatomy) Of or relating to the sartorius muscle.

Synonyms

• (pertaining to clothing): vestiary

Related terms

• sartor

Translations

of or relating to tailoring or clothing

• Dutch: kleermakers- (nl)
• Finnish: pukeutumis- (fi), vaatetukseen (fi) liittyvä (fi), vaatetukseen kohdistuva (fi)
• French: vestimentaire (fr)

• Hungarian: szabászati (hu)
• Polish: krawiecki (pl)
• Russian: портновский (ru) (portnóvskij) , портняжный (ru) (portnjážnyi) 
• Spanish: sartorial (es)

of or relating to quality of dress

• Dutch: vestimentaire (nl)
• Finnish: hyvin pukeutunut (fi), laadukkaasti pukeutunut

anatomy: of sartorius

• Dutch: betreffende de kleermakerspier (nl)
• Finnish: räätälinlihas- (fi), räätälinlihakseen (fi) liittyvä (fi)

• French: concernant le muscle couturier (fr)
• Russian: портняжный (ru) (portnjažnyj)

See also

• sartorialism
• sartorialist