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de rigueur

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de ri·gueur  (d r-gr)
adj.
Required by the current fashion or custom; socially obligatory.
[French : de, of + rigueur, rigor, strictness.]
de rigueur [de rig-gur]
Adjective
required by fashion [French, literally: of strictness]
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Adj.1.de rigueur - required by etiquette or usage or fashion; "instruction as to when and where a silk hat is de rigueur"
obligatory - morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution"
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came from all sides, and Lady Muriel--not being one of those lady-singers who think it de rigueur to decline to sing till they have been petitioned three or four times, and have pleaded failure of memory, loss of voice, and other conclusive reasons for silence--began at once:--
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