What Does Sartorial Mean?

Wondrous Words Wednesday

wondrous memeWelcome to Wondrous Words Wednesday, a great meme for learning new words.  For links to other vocabulary posts, visit Kathy at Bermuda Onion.  You could learn a lot!

My word today comes from the Merriam-Webster word of the day email.  As soon as I saw sartorial, I knew I should remember it.  It made me think of Physical Therapy school and anatomy class, which you might not understand when you see the definition.

sartorial \sär-‘tōr-ē-əl\ adj from Latin sartor tailor; of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes; generally, relating to clothes

This boy used his sartorius muscle to cross his leg.
This boy is using his sartorius muscle

Are you wondering how clothes relate to anatomy?  The longest muscle in your body is the sartorius muscle, or “the tailor muscle”; it starts on the outside hip and crosses the front of the thigh to attach inside the knee.  It helps you rotate your hip out to place your ankle on the opposite knee.

Word Nerd Workout

Let’s try to use sartorial in a sentence.  For example,

Quentin, a programming genius at 17, didn’t have the time or patience for sartorial concerns like coordinating his clothes, or washing them, for that matter.

Your turn!  Leave your sentence in the comments.

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Thanks for getting nerdy with me!

Julia

 

Julia Tomiak
I believe in the power of words to improve our lives, and I help people find interesting words to read. Member of SCBWI.

5 Comments

  1. Thank you! I’ve always wondered what this word meant. Next time I go to the seamstress, I’ll have to let her know that I need some “sartorial problems rectified.”

  2. I had no idea that was the meaning of sartorial. Many of the arguments with my daughter are sartorial, but they are fewer now that she has to do her own laundry.

    Was that right? A little difficult to use in a sentence.

    1. Sounds right to me Dana, and I often have sartorial arguments with my daughter as well- in fact, we had one this morning, 5 minutes before we had to leave for school. :-0

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