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incognito
[ in-kog-nee-toh, in-kog-ni-toh ]
adjective
- having one's identity concealed, as under an assumed name, especially to avoid notice or formal attentions.
Synonyms: unidentified, undisclosed
adverb
- with the real identity concealed:
to travel incognito.
noun
- a person who is incognito.
- the state of being incognito.
- the disguise or character assumed by an incognito.
incognito
/ ɪnˈkɒɡnɪtəʊ; ˌɪnkɒɡˈniːtəʊ /
adverb
- under an assumed name or appearance; in disguise
noun
- a person who is incognito
- the assumed name or disguise of such a person
Word History and Origins
Origin of incognito1
Word History and Origins
Origin of incognito1
Example Sentences
The self-effacing Tunney wasn’t incognito to a lot of his students.
All cancers -- particularly immune-silent, fast-growing cancers like glioblastoma -- produce signals called antigens that scientists can use in immune therapies to manually alert the immune system to the presence of incognito cancers.
He lived incognito in Germany after the end of World War Two and fled to Argentina in 1950.
Unbeknownst to us though, the real Chalamet, incognito in a mask and baseball hat, slithers through the crowd like an undetected chosen one, or like his character, Lisan al Gaib in “Dune.”
Lee joked that he and his wife, Maria, sometimes sneak into Robert’s for an incognito date while other lawmakers swapped stories about swinging by the iconic establishment on the weekends.
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