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incognito

[ in-kog-nee-toh, in-kog-ni-toh ]

adjective

  1. having one's identity concealed, as under an assumed name, especially to avoid notice or formal attentions.

    Synonyms: unidentified, undisclosed



adverb

  1. with the real identity concealed:

    to travel incognito.

noun

, plural in·cog·ni·tos
  1. a person who is incognito.
  2. the state of being incognito.
  3. the disguise or character assumed by an incognito.

incognito

/ ɪnˈkɒɡnɪtəʊ; ˌɪnkɒɡˈniːtəʊ /

adverb

  1. under an assumed name or appearance; in disguise


noun

  1. a person who is incognito
  2. the assumed name or disguise of such a person

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Word History and Origins

Origin of incognito1

First recorded in 1630–40; from Italian, from Latin incognitus “unknown,” from in- in- 3 + cognitus “known” (past participle of cognōscere “to get to know”; cognition )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of incognito1

C17: from Italian, from Latin incognitus unknown, from in- 1+ cognitus known

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Example Sentences

If you right-click, you can open it in a new window or an incognito window too.

Back when she and Harry were dating, he came to visit her in Toronto with his cousin Princess Eugenie and her husband, and the four of them went incognito to a Halloween party.

At first, Lee tried to stay “incognito” as he ran into the building with the mob, but eventually, a group of at least six men realized he was a journalist and started to grab him to throw him out of the Capitol.

From Time

The book was by political columnist Joe Klein, incognito as Anonymous.

Not to be confused with giving guests access to your Google Chromecast, for example, this new Guest mode is more akin to the incognito mode in your browser.

Saa is now navigating a new life in America as an incognito boarding school student.

Instead, he traveled incognito in track pants and a baseball cap to hide his identity, according to a New York Times exposé.

He said that he and Kardashian came to Florence “incognito” about nine months before their daughter North West was born.

He arrives incognito in shades, a pulled-down trucker cap with tucked-in earbuds, and a backpack.

Meanwhile, the free agent Incognito recently sought help for “severe mental stress”.

We will then go to another hotel, in another quarter of New York, and take our week's holiday incognito.

The incognito, however, could only be preserved as long as Chopin kept his hands off the piano.

If I were to stop that old fortune teller and his companions my incognito would run a risk of being discovered.

It was evident that the unlucky chance which had brought him into the presence of his mother had betrayed his incognito.

I travelled through the country incognito; I came to Hodnet and saw you.

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