This particular English teacher is known both for engaging students deeply in literature and for her eccentric sartorial [sɑrˈtɔriəl] tastes.

sartorial
adj [sɑrˈtɔriəl]

Sartorial broadly means “of or relating to clothes,” but it often more specifically means “of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes.”

Study the seams in the word sartorial and you’ll find the common adjective suffix -ial and sartor, a Medieval Latin noun meaning “tailor.” (Sartor comes ultimately from Latin sarcire, “to mend.”)

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