incognito : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: incognito	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incognito adv without revealing one's identity; "in Holland he lived incognito as a carpenter in the shipyards of the East India company" adj with your identity concealed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incognito \Incog"nito\, 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. 'T was long ago Since gods come down incognito. --Prior. The prince royal of Persia came thither incognito. --Tatler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incognito \Incog"nito\, n.; pl. {Incognitos}. [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.