Meaning of incognito | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.
   countable, uncountable
2. The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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