incognito

Borrowed from Italian incognito, from Latin incognitus (“unknown”), from in- (“not”) +‎ cognitus (“known”), perfect passive participle of cognoscere.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnkɒɡˈniːtoʊ/, /ˌɪnˈkɒɡnɪtoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːtəʊ

incognito (not comparable)

1. Without being known; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; in disguise.
   • 1703, Mat[thew] Prior, “The Ladle”, in Poems on Several Occasions, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], published 1709, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 125:

     The Scepticks think 'twas long ago, / Since Gods came down Incognito; / To ſee who were their Friends or Foes, / And how our Actions fell or roſe.

   • 1891 June 25, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure I.—A Scandal in Bohemia.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II, London: George Newnes, Limited, […], published July 1891, →OCLC, page 65, column 2:

     "But you can understand," said our strange visitor, sitting down once more and passing his hand over his high white forehead, "you can understand that I am not accustomed to doing such business in my own person. Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not confide it to an agent without putting myself in his power. I have come incognito from Prague for the purpose of consulting you."

This term is said especially of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice.

incognito (not comparable)

1. Without revealing one's identity.
   • 1709 May 30 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Thursday, May 19, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 17; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.;  […], 1822, →OCLC:

     The prince royal of Prussia came thither incognito.

incognito (countable and uncountable, plural incognitos)

1. One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.
2. The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.
   • 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh:  […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:

     His incognito was endangered.

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 169:

     It contained a letter from the King himself, craving hospitality for a few days, as his mother was about to visit England, and to take up with Lord Avonleigh her residence at the Castle. A slight incognito would be preserved, and as little form and ceremony expected as was possible.

• cognition

From Italian.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ.ɲi.to/

• Audio

  (file)

incognito

1. incognito

incognito (plural incognitos)

1. incognito

incognito m (plural incognitos)

1. incognito

• “incognito”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin incognitus.

• IPA^(key): /inˈkɔɲ.ɲi.to/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔɲɲito
• Hyphenation: in‧cò‧gni‧to

incognito (feminine incognita, masculine plural incogniti, feminine plural incognite)

1. unknown
2. (archaic) unaware; ignorant

• incognitamente

incognito m (plural incogniti)

1. incognito

• incognita

incognitō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of incognitus

Unadapted borrowing from Italian incognito, from Latin incognitus.

• IPA^(key): /inˈkɔɡ.ɲi.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -itɔ
• Syllabification: in‧cog‧ni‧to

incognito (not comparable)

1. (literary) incognito (without revealing one's identity)

   Synonym: anonimowo

incognito n (indeclinable)

1. (literary) incognito (assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized)

   Synonym: anonimowość

• incognito in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• incognito in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French incognito or Italian incognito.

incognito m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. unknown

incognito

1. unknown