Incognito

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incognito \In*cog"ni*to\, a. or adv. [It. incognito, masc.,
     incognita, fem., L. incognitus unknown; pref. in- not +
     cognitus known, p. p. of cognoscere: cf. F. incognito, fr.
     {It}. See {Cognition}.]
     Without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or
     under an assumed title; -- said esp. of great personages who


     sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order
     to avoid notice.
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           'T was long ago
           Since gods come down incognito.          --Prior.
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           The prince royal of Persia came thither incognito.
                                                    --Tatler.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incognito \In*cog"ni*to\, n.; pl. {Incognitos}. [See
     {Incognito}, a.]
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     1. One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character
        or name.
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     2. The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the
        state of being in disguise or not recognized.
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              His incognito was endangered.         --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incognito
       adj : with your identity concealed [syn: {incognito(p)}]
       adv : without revealing one's identity; "in Holland he lived
             incognito as a carpenter in the shipyards of the East
             India company"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "incognito":
     anonym, anonymity, anonymous, anonymousness, camouflage,
     camouflaged, closed meeting, closet, concealed, confidentiality,
     confidentialness, cryptonymic, cryptonymous, disguise, disguised,
     domino, executive session, false colors, false face, false front,
     guisard, guiser, impersonator, in disguise, incog, incognita,
     inmost, innermost, innominate, interior, intimate, inward,
     isolated, isolation, mask, masked, masker, masque, masquerade,
     masquerader, masquerading, mummer, mummery, nameless, namelessness,
     on the sly, personal, privacy, private, private conference, privy,
     protective coloration, retired, retirement, secluded, seclusion,
     secretly, sequestered, sequestration, smoke screen, unacknowledged,
     undefined, under cover, undesignated, unidentified, unknown,
     unnamed, unrecognizable, unrecognized, unspecified, visor, vizard,
     vizard mask, withdrawn, without a name