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in⋅cog⋅ni⋅to

[in-kog-nee-toh, in-kog-ni-toh] adjective, adverb, noun, plural -tos for 3, 5.
–adjective
1. having one's identity concealed, as under an assumed name, esp. to avoid notice or formal attentions.
–adverb
2. with the real identity concealed: to travel incognito.
–noun
3. a person who is incognito.
4. the state of being incognito.
5. the disguise or character assumed by an incognito.

Origin:
1630–40; < It < L incognitus unknown, equiv. to in- in- 3 + cognitus, ptp. of cognōscere to get to know; see cognition, know 1


1. disguised, undisclosed, unidentified.
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in·cog·ni·to   (ĭn'kŏg-nē'tō, ĭn-kŏg'nĭ-tō')   
adv.   & adj.
With one's identity disguised or concealed.
n.   pl. in·cog·ni·tos
  1. One whose identity is disguised or concealed.

  2. The condition of having a disguised or concealed identity.


[Italian, from Latin incognitus, unknown : in-, not; see in-1 + cognitus, past participle of cognōscere, to learn, recognize; see cognition.]
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incognito 
1649, from It. incognito "unknown," especially in connection with traveling, from L. incognitus "unknown," from in- "not" + cognitus, pp. of cognoscere "to get to know" (see cognizance). Fem. form incognita was maintained through 19c. by those scrupulous about Latin.
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