de rigueur\ duh ri-GUR \ , adjective;
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1. Strictly required, as by etiquette, usage, or fashion.
Quotes:
These innovations not only serve local industries and consumers, but also avail themselves of eco-friendly technologies that are de rigueur in today's environmentally conscious society.
-- Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, "There's no lack of technological innovation on the local stage," Bangkok Post
I have said the trip was de rigueur . No sooner do you announce to your friends in New York that you are going to California than they immediately cry out, "Ah, then you will see the Yo Semite !"
-- Mark Twain, The galaxy: Volume 10
Origin:
De rigueur literally means "of strictness" in French.
1. Strictly required, as by etiquette, usage, or fashion.
Quotes:
These innovations not only serve local industries and consumers, but also avail themselves of eco-friendly technologies that are de rigueur in today's environmentally conscious society.
-- Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, "There's no lack of technological innovation on the local stage," Bangkok Post
I have said the trip was de rigueur . No sooner do you announce to your friends in New York that you are going to California than they immediately cry out, "Ah, then you will see the Yo Semite !"
-- Mark Twain, The galaxy: Volume 10
Origin:
De rigueur literally means "of strictness" in French.