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单词 pre-sartorial
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pre-sartorialadj.

Brit. /ˌpriːsɑːˈtɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /ˌprisɑrˈtɔriəl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, sartorial adj.
Etymology: < pre- prefix + sartorial adj.
rare.
Before the existence of clothing or tailoring; (hence) of or relating to the time before the Fall, prelapsarian.
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1865 J. R. Lowell in N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 597 Bran had its prophets, and the presartorial simplicity of Adam its martyrs, tailored impromptu from the tar-pot by incensed neighbors.
1932 R. R. Marrett Faith, Hope & Charity in Primitive Relig. 233 in Amer. Anthropologist (1933) 35 173 [Jimmy Button] tore all his European clothes to rags in order that his friends might participate in his finery, and offered up the decencies of civilization on the altar of pre-sartorial morality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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