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de rigueur Definition


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de rigueur
adj
    1. Required by fashion, custom or the rules of politeness.
      Thesaurus: required, obligatory, correct, conventional, proper, decent, decorous, comme il faut, fitting.
Etymology: 19c: French, meaning ‘of strictness'.



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