- required by etiquette; according to good form; proper
- required by fashion; fashionable
Origin of de rigueur
Fr, literally , of strictnessde rigueur
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de rigueur
adjective
Required by the current fashion or custom; socially obligatory.
Origin of de rigueur
French de of rigueur rigor, strictnessTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Usage notes
- Spelling: there is a u immediately after the g as well as after the e.
- As this is a borrowed foreign phrase, it is often italicised (as de rigueur).
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