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incognito

Syllables: in·cog·ni·to/ˌɪnkɒɡˈniːtoʊ/

incognito adjective: without being known; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; in disguise.

Adjective

incognito (not comparable)

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

Adverb

incognito (not comparable)

  1. Without revealing one's identity.
    • The prince royal of Prussia came thither incognito.1709 May 29 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Wednesday, May 19, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 17; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The...
    • "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...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...

Noun

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.
    • Of those letters, and other attempts of the same kind, the author could not complain, though his incognito was endangered. He had challenged the public to a game at bo-peep, and if he was discovered in his “hiding-hole,” he must submit to the shame of detection.1829 January 1, Walter Scott, “General Preface”, in Waverley (Waverley Novels; I), Edinburgh: […] Cadell & Company; London: Simpkin and Marshall, page xxxii
    • 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.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 169

incognito meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

incognito in Tamil

மாறுவேடம், ஒளிவுமறைவு, மாறுவேட உலா, உரு கரந்துரைபவர், மாற்றுருவினர், மாறுவேடம் புனைந்த

incognito in Bengali

ছদ্মবেশে, আত্মপরিচয় গোপন করে

incognito in Malayalam

കണ്ടറിയാൻ പാടില്ലാത്ത, അറിയാത്ത, ആൾമാറാട്ടമായ, പ്രച്ഛന്നവേഷമായ

incognito in Kannada

ವೇಷ ಮರೆಸಿಕೊಂಡ, ಛದ್ಮವೇಷದ, ಅಜ್ಞಾತ ವೇಷದ, ಮಾರ‍್ಪುಹೆಸರಿನ, ವೇಷಾಂತರ ತಾಳಿ, ಅಜ್ಞಾತ ವೇಷದಲ್ಲಿ
More languagesFewer languages
incognito in Arabic
مَجْهُول majhūl

Forms of incognito

pluralincognitos

Origin of incognito

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

Words formed from incognito

Words that rhyme with incognito

7 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about incognito

What does incognito mean?
Incognito means without being known; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; in disguise.
What is incognito in Tamil?
Incognito in Tamil is மாறுவேடம், ஒளிவுமறைவு, மாறுவேட உலா. See Incognito meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is incognito?
Incognito can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
How do you pronounce incognito?
Incognito is pronounced /ˌɪnkɒɡˈniːtoʊ/.

Words near incognito in the dictionary

  1. incognita
  2. incognitant
  3. incognitas
  4. incognition
  5. incognitions
  6. incognito
  7. incognitos
  8. incognitum
  9. incognizability
  10. incognizable
  11. incognizance

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Adapted from Wiktionary: incognito (page history and authors); incognito (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Incognito (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incognito (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incognito (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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