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incognita

incognita noun: a woman who is unknown or in disguise.

Noun

incognita (plural incognitas)

  1. A woman who is unknown or in disguise.
  2. The state of being in disguise.

Adjective

incognita (not comparable)

  1. Of a woman: without being known; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; in disguise; feminine of incognito.
    • Of all places, London is the best for an incognita acquaintance; cards may be exchanged to all eternity without a meeting, and the various circles revolve like planets in their different systems, utterly unconscious of the means and modes of each other's existence.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 120

Forms of incognita

pluralincognitas

Origin of incognita

Borrowed from Italian incognita; see incognito.

Questions about incognita

What does incognita mean?
Incognita means a woman who is unknown or in disguise.
What part of speech is incognita?
Incognita can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of incognita?
The plural of incognita is incognitas.

Words near incognita in the dictionary

  1. incogitativity
  2. incognegro
  3. incognisable
  4. incognisance
  5. incognisant
  6. incognita
  7. incognitant
  8. incognitas
  9. incognition
  10. incognitions
  11. incognito

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