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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
de rigueur
 
SYLLABICATION:de ri·gueur
PRONUNCIATION:  d r-gœr
ADJECTIVE: Required by the current fashion or custom; socially obligatory.
ETYMOLOGY:French : de, of + rigueur, rigor, strictness.
 
 
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