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incog, a., adv., n.|ɪnˈkɒg|
[Colloquial abbreviation of incognito, incognita.]
A. adj. = incognito, incognita a.
1705Double Welcome xl, He's now a Priest incog..with Sword and Wig. 1712Oldisworth tr. Horace' Odes i. 23/1 He had a mind to be Incog. 1835W. Irving Crayon Misc. (1849) 227, I am apt to treat him with respect from the idea that he may be a great prince incog.
B. adv. = incognito adv.
1709Steele Tatler No. 34 ⁋5 Mr. Justice Overdo..met with more Enormities by walking incog. 1777Sheridan Sch. Scand. iv. iii, What! turn inquisitor, and take evidence incog? 1807Sir R. Wilson Jrnl. 15 July in Life (1862) II. viii. 320 We hear..that Buonaparte went on the water incog. at Königsberg. 1840Hood Kilmansegg, Courtship x, A Foreign Count—who came incog.
C. n. = incognito, incognita n.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Incog, for Incognito, a Man of Character or Quality concealed or in disguise. 1813Byron Br. Abydos ii. ix. note, I have seen the Capitan Pacha..wearing it [a Turkish sailor's dress] as a kind of incog. 1895Westm. Gaz. 2 Aug. 2/1 The ‘incog.’ was kept very strictly. No visits were received, the local press was silent as the grave concerning the august visitors. |