de rigueur
Speech parts
1. de rigueur - Adjective
2. de rigueur - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
required by etiquette or usage or fashion
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Examples
instruction as to when and where a silk hat is de rigueur
After 15 October, when his condition took a marked turn for the worse, only a handful of his closest friends remained with him, although Viardot remarked sardonically that "all the grand Parisian ladies considered it de rigueur to faint in his room."
Add / Remove Incorporating green design principles into new or existing homes is increasingly de rigueur among the growing masses of eco-minded consumers, but figuring out the logistics isn’t always straightforward.
Liberal US coastal cities and university halls received Dylan positively, but elsewhere word had circulated that booing the second half was de rigueur.
The pursuit of budget surpluses and open trade, and the recasting of our industrial landscape so that we're increasingly part of global supply and manufacturing chains have been de rigueur.
However, none of these patterns were de rigueur, and a modern lutenist occasionally retunes one or more courses between pieces.