incognito

• POS: Noun, Adverb
• HYPHEN: in=cog=ni=to

CIDE DICTIONARY

incognito, a.  [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.  [1913 Webster]
"'T was long ago
Since gods come down incognito."  [1913 Webster]
"The prince royal of Persia came thither incognito."  [1913 Webster]

incognito, n. [See Incognito, a.].

•  One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.  [1913 Webster]
•  The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.  [1913 Webster]

  "His incognito was endangered."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

incognito, adj., adv., & n.
--adj. & adv. with one's name or identity kept secret (was travelling incognito).
--n. (pl. -os)
1 a person who is incognito.
2 the pretended identity or anonymous character of such a person.

Etymology

It., = unknown, f. L incognitus (as IN-(1), cognitus past part. of cognoscere know)

THESAURUS

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undesignated, unidentified, unknown, unnamed, unrecognizable, unrecognized, unspecified, visor, vizard, vizard mask, withdrawn, without a name

ROGET THESAURUS

incognito

Concealment

N concealment, hiding, occultation, mystification, seal of secrecy, screen, disguise, masquerade, masked battery, hiding place, cryptography, steganography, freemasonry, stealth, stealthiness, sneakiness, obreption, slyness, latitancy, latitation, seclusion, privacy, secrecy, secretness, incognita, reticence, reserve, mental reserve, reservation, arriere pensee, suppression, evasion, white lie, misprision, silence, suppression of truth, underhand dealing, closeness, secretiveness, mystery, latency, snake in the grass, secret, stowaway, concealed, hidden, secret, recondite, mystic, cabalistic, occult, dark, cryptic, cryptical, private, privy, in petto, auricular, clandestine, close, inviolate, tortuous, behind a screen, undercover, under an eclipse, in ambush, in hiding, in disguise, in a cloud, in a fog, in a mist, in a haze, in a dark corner, in the shade, in the dark, clouded, wrapped in clouds, wrapt in clouds, invisible, buried, underground, perdu, secluded, undisclosed &c, untold, covert, untraceable, mysterious, irrevealable, inviolable, confidential, esoteric, not to be spoken of, unmentionable, obreptitious, furtive, stealthy, feline, skulking, surreptitious, underhand, hole and corner, sly, secretive, evasive, reserved, reticent, uncommunicative, buttoned up, close, close as wax, taciturn, secretly, in secret, in private, in one's sleeve, in holes and corners, in the dark, januis clausis, with closed doors, a huis clos, hugger mugger, a la derobee, under the cloak of, under the rose, under the table, sub rosa, en tapinois, in the background, aside, on the sly, with bated breath, sotto voce, in a whisper, without beat of drum, a la sourdine, behind the veil, beyond mortal ken, beyond the grave, beyond the veil, hid from mortal vision, into the eternal secret, into the realms supersensible, into the supreme mystery, in confidence, in strict confidence, in strictest confidence, confidentially, between ourselves, between you and me, between you and me and the bedpost, entre nous, inter nos, under the seal of secrecy, a couvert, underhand, by stealth, like a thief in the night, stealthily, behind the scenes, behind the curtain, behind one's back, behind a screen, incognito, in camera, it must go no further, it will go no further, don't tell a soul, tell it not in Gath, nobody the wiser, alitur vitium vivitque tegendo, let it be tenable in your silence still, background information, deep background information, deep background, background session, backgrounder, not for attribution.