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Webster 1913 Edition


Sartorial

Sar-to′ri-al

,
Adj.
[See
Sartorius
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a tailor or his work.
Our legs skulked under the table as free from
sartorial
impertinences as those of the noblest savages.
Lowell.
2.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the sartorius muscle.

Definition 2024


sartorial

sartorial

English

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.

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