INCOGNITO

incognito

(adjective) with your identity concealed

incognito

(adverb) without revealing one’s identity; “in Holland he lived incognito as a carpenter in the shipyards of the East India company”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

incognito (not comparable)

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

Usage notes

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

Adverb

incognito (not comparable)

Without revealing one's identity.

Noun

incognito (countable and uncountable, plural incognitos)

One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.

The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.

Anagrams

• cognition

Source: Wiktionary

In*cog"ni*to, a. or adv. Etym: [It. incognito, masc., incognita, fem., L. incognitus unknown; pref. in- not + cognitus known, p. p. of cognoscere: cf. F. incognito, fr. It. See Cognition.]

Definition: 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. 'T was long ago Since gods come down incognito. Prior. The prince royal of Persia came thither incognito. Tatler.

In*cog"ni*to, n.; pl. Incognitos. Etym: [See Incognito, a.]

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. His incognito was endangered. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition