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: March 23, 2025
\duh-ree-GUR\ adjective
What It Means
De rigueur is a formal adjective that describes things that are necessary if you want to be fashionable, popular, socially acceptable, etc.—in other words, things required by fashion, etiquette, or custom.
// Dark sunglasses are de rigueur these days among fashionistas.
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