incognito
from
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
from
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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from
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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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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vizard mask, withdrawn, without a name
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