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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

2026-02-06

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 6, 2026 is: sartorial • sahr-TOR-ee-ul  • adjective Sartorial broadly means “of or relating to clothes,” but it often more specifically means “of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes.” // This particular English teacher is known both for engaging students deeply in literature and for her eccentric sartorial tastes. See the entry > Examples: “As always, the Princess’s sartorial elegance shone through this year, with her championing British designers, turning to old favourites and adorning treasures she’s been gifted from the royal family over the years.” — Hello! Magazine (UK), 30 Dec. 2025 Did you know? 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.”) Sartorial has bedecked the English language since the early decades of the 19th century as a word describing things relating to clothes and to tailors, while sartor, though never fully adopted into the language, has also seen occasional use as a synonym for tailor. A third word shares the same root: sartorius (plural sartorii) refers to the longest muscle in the human body. Crossing the front of the thigh obliquely, it assists in rotating the leg to the cross-legged position in which the knees are spread wide apart—and in which tailors have traditionally sat.
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  • It's the Word of the Day podcast for February 6th.

  • Today's word is Sartorial, spelled S-A-R-T-O-R-I-A-L.

  • Sartorial is an adjective.

  • It broadly means of or relating to clothes,

  • but it often more specifically means of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes.

  • Here's the word used in a sentence from Hello Magazine.

  • As always, the princess's sartorial elegance shone through this year,

  • with her championing British designers turning to old favorites and adorning treasures she's been gifted from the royal family over the years.

  • Study the seams in the word sartorial,

  • and you'll find the common adjective suffix i-a-l and sartor, a medieval Latin noun meaning tailor.

  • Sartor comes ultimately from the Latin word sarcure, meaning to mend.

  • Sartorial has bedecked the English language

  • since the early decades of the 19th century as a word describing things relating to clothes and to tailors.

  • While Sartor, though never fully adopted into the language,

  • has also seen occasional use as a synonym for tailor.

  • A third word shares the same root.

  • Sartorius.

  • with the plural sartorii, referring to the longest muscle in the human body.

  • Crossing the front of the thigh obliquely,

  • it assists in rotating the leg to the cross-legged position in which the knees are spread wide apart,