Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
with your identity concealed;
ADVERB (1)
1.
without revealing one's identity;
- Example: "in Holland he lived incognito as a carpenter in the shipyards of the East India company"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
incognito
adv 1: without revealing one's identity; "in Holland he lived
incognito as a carpenter in the shipyards of the East
India company"
adj 1: with your identity concealed