单词 | in incognito |
释义 | > as lemmasin incognito 2. The condition of being unknown, anonymity; fictitious character; disguise; originally in phrase in incognito (taken as Latin or Italian), in concealment, in an anonymous character. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] anonymousness1802 namelessness1805 anonymity1820 incognito1822 nobodiness1886 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] > disguised condition disguisea1400 shape1597 disguisedness1615 in the serving ofa1616 dissimulation1671 incog1813 incognito1822 1663 A. Cowley Of Obscurity in Ess. in Verse & Prose I think..that the pleasantest condition of life is in incognito. c1669 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 12 The Prince of Thuscany..being in incognito.] 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. v. 95 Never venturing out of their imposing and mysterious incognito. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 17 Few writers would have preserved their incognito so long. 1886 W. Alexander St. Augustine's Holiday 9 Proving that chance is God's incognito. < as lemmas |
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