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   de ri·gueur

   /ˌdə riˈɡər/

   adjective

   • 1. required by etiquette or current fashion: "it was de rigueur for bands to grow their hair long" Similar fashionablein fashionvoguishin voguemodishup to dateup to the minuteall the ragetrendsettinglatestsmartchicelegantnattyinformal:trendywith itritzyflyspiffysassykickytonystylin'customarystandardconventionalnormalorthodoxusualubiquitouscompulsorycomme il fautinformal:doneOpposite unfashionable

   Word Origin mid 19th century: French, literally ‘in strictness’.

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