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▪ I. ‖ incognita, a. and n.1|ɪnˈkɒgnɪtə, -ˈniːtə|
[It. incognita, fem. of incognito unknown.]
A. adj. Of a female: Unknown or disguised; having one's identity concealed or unavowed.
1668Dryden Mock Astrol. iii. Wks. 1701 I. 303 Being thus incognita, I shall discover if he make love to any of you. 1716Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess Mar 3 Aug., I walked almost all over the town yesterday, incognita, in my slippers. 1884Rita Vivienne v. v, She would go to Naples incognita.
B. n.
1. An unknown or disguised woman or girl; one whose identity is not made known. In 18th c. used often of a sweetheart.
1718S. Centlivre Wonder v. i. (Jod.), That's the lady's name of the house, where my incognita is. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. li. (1804) 349 The whole was subscribed—‘Your incognita’. 1807A. M. Porter Hungar. Bro. iii. (1832) 40 It will be impossible for me to see your incognita without knowing her by instinct. 1828Miss Mitford Village Ser. iii. (1863) 465 Nobody knew any thing certain of the incognita, or her story.
fig.1833Westm. Rev. Jan. 41 The charms of that fair incognita the ‘legitimate’ drama.
2. Unknown or unavowed character or position (of a woman).
1882World No. 399. 10 The Queen will not assume her incognita until she reaches Cherbourg.
▪ II. ‖ inˈcognita, n.2 pl.
[L. incognita, neut. pl. of incognitus unknown; cf. next.]
Unknown things or places.
1846Grote Greece (1854) I. 477 They [myths]..explained many of the puzzling incognita of the present. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxxi. (1856) 272 At this rate, we will in a few days be within the Baffin's Bay incognita. |