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Sartorial vs Retarded - What's the difference?

sartorial | retarded |

As adjectives the difference between sartorial and retarded

is that sartorial is (not comparable) of or relating to the tailoring of clothing while retarded is delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded.

As a verb retarded is

(retard).

sartorial

English

Adjective

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  • (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.
  • (senseid) Of or relating to the quality of dress
    • In his smart suit Jacob was by far the most sartorial of our party.
  • (anatomy) Of or relating to the sartorius muscle.

    • Synonyms

    * (pertaining to clothing) (l)

    See also

    * sartorialism * sartorialist

    retarded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded.
  • * 2004 , Duncan Mackay, The Observer , 8 Aug 2004:
    • HGH, which was originally developed to assist children with retarded growth, is believed to be especially popular with sprinters.
  • (chiefly, North America) Underdeveloped (of a person's intelligence, abilities etc.).
  • * 2000 , Kate Connolly, The Guardian , 19 Apr 2000:
    • The European Roma Rights Centre in Budapest, which is representing the children - from the north-eastern city of Ostrava - said that the education ministry and local authorities had for decades "perpetuated a system which routinely brands disproportionate numbers of Gypsies as mentally retarded ".
  • (colloquial, derogatory) Stupid, dumb.
  • * 1988 , Raymond E Feist, Faerie Tale :
    • Looking at Jack, Gabbie said, "What?" "That's the Troll Bridge." She groaned at the pun. "That's retarded ."
  • (physics) Designating a parameter of an electromagnetic field which is adjusted to account for the finite speed of radiation.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (retard)