[
US
/ˌɪnkɔɡˈnitoʊ/
]
[ UK /ɪnkɒɡnˈiːtəʊ/ ]
[ UK /ɪnkɒɡnˈiːtəʊ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- with your identity concealed
ADVERB
-
without revealing one's identity
in Holland he lived incognito as a carpenter in the shipyards of the East India company
How To Use incognito In A Sentence
- He is incognito, with a blond wig, shaggy mustache and large gold-framed aviator glasses.
- Dr Johnson was famously won over after a long conversation with the King in 1767, while numerous stories abound of the King visiting farms incognito.
- However, I chose to go incognito, to avoid any disputes about ceremony, and went in a Turkish coach, only attended by my woman, that held up my train, and the Greek lady, who was my interpretess. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e
- William thinks it's farcical and plays it up but amongst friends incognitos are simply unfunny bores.
- And perhaps such a chance encounter could turn out to be the equivalent of winning the lottery, when a minor favour to an incognito king brought great reward.
- Have you worked incognito before? Times, Sunday Times
- He chooses to travel incognito but actually he's Commander Adam Dalgliesh of New Scotland Yard. She Closed Her Eyes
- Incognito mayor catches naughty cablecar conductors | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit Incognito mayor catches naughty cablecar conductors | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit"
- The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide.
- One evening following vespers mass, Emmanuelle robed and veiled all in black so that she remained completely incognito stepped into the dark confessional, knowing Father Connor was on the opposite side.