requisite
adjective
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Acquiring an understanding of where requisite comes from won't require a formal inquiry. Without question, the quest begins with the Latin verb quaerere, which means "to ask" or "to seek." That word is ancestor to a number of English words, including acquire, require, inquiry, question, quest, and, of course, requisite. From quaerere came requirere, meaning "to ask again." Repeated requests can express a need, and the past participle of the Latin word requirere, which is requisitus, came to mean "needed" or "necessary." English acquired requisite when it was adopted into Middle English back in the 1400s.
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Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Controversial pop-country artist Morgan Wallen is (gasp) generating controversy again — this time for abruptly walking off the Saturday Night Live stage without the requisite hugs and handshakes.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Daniela Nieves plays Camila Perez, the cute chipper one; Chelsea Muirhead’s Sophie Chan is her requisite opposite, the cynical one who wears less makeup.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
In addition, Maher admitted that her news-gathering institution lacked the requisite curiosity to explore the prospect that Covid originated in a Chinese lab — that is, until enough Democrats in good standing were willing to admit as much.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Requisite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/requisite. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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