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单词 incognito
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incognito

(ɪnkɒgniːtoʊ)
adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE after verb]
Someone who is incognito is using a false name or wearing a disguise, in order not to be recognized or identified.
Hotel inspectors have to travel incognito.
He preferred to remain incognito.
Synonyms: in disguise, unknown, disguised, unrecognized More Synonyms of incognito

incognito in British English

(ˌɪnkɒɡˈniːtəʊ, ɪnˈkɒɡnɪtəʊ)
adverb, adjective (postpositive)
1. 
under an assumed name or appearance; in disguise
nounWord forms: plural -tos
2. 
a person who is incognito
3. 
the assumed name or disguise of such a person
Word origin
C17: from Italian, from Latin incognitus unknown, from in-1 + cognitus known

incognito in American English

(ˌɪnkɑgˈniˌtoʊ; ɪnˈkɑgnɪˌtoʊ)
adjective, adverb
1. 
with true identity unrevealed or disguised; under an assumed name, rank, etc.
nounWord forms: plural ˌincogˈniˌtos
2. 
a person who is incognito
3. 
a. 
the state of being incognito
b. 
the disguise assumed
SIMILAR WORDS:  ˈpseudoˌnym
Word origin
It < L incognitus, unknown < in-, not + cognitus: see cognition

Examples of 'incognito' in a sentence
incognito

If you go incognito it basically means to go in disguise.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But the comedian picked the worst hotel to stay at if he was trying to go incognito.
The Sun (2012)
Have you worked incognito before?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The record company exec hid under his hoodie in a feeble bid to go incognito after dining with the singer in London.
The Sun (2009)
He looked like an escaped convict from a comedy film, trying so hard to go incognito that he stuck out like a sore thumb.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I can definitely go incognito.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
(adjective) 
Definition
under an assumed name or appearance
He preferred to travel incognito.
Synonyms
in disguise
unknown
Unknown thieves had forced their way into the apartment.
disguised
a disguised bank robber
unrecognized
under an assumed name

Additional synonyms

in the sense of disguised
a disguised bank robber
Synonyms
in disguise,
masked,
camouflaged,
undercover,
incognito,
unrecognizable
in the sense of unknown
Definition
not known, understood, or recognized
Unknown thieves had forced their way into the apartment.
Synonyms
unidentified,
mysterious,
anonymous,
unnamed,
nameless,
incognito

Nearby words of
incognito

  • including
  • inclusion
  • inclusive
  • incognito
  • incoherence
  • incoherent
  • incombustible

Synonyms of 'incognito'

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