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inconnu
(ˈɪŋkənjuː, ‖ ɛ̃kɔny)
[Fr., unknown.]
1. A game fish, Stenodus leucichthys, belonging to the family Salmonidæ and found in Alaska and north-west Canada.
[1806S. Fraser Lett. & Jrnls. (1960) 231 The Indians also state that there are plenty white fish unconu some trout carp Jub, &c. in the fall of the year.] 1833G. Back Jrnl. 14 Aug. in Narr. Arctic Land Expedition (1836) iii. 101 La Prise set a net, which..produced a few white fish, a trout, and, what surprised the Indians, an inconnu. 1844J. H. Lefroy In Search Magnetic North (1955) 99, I tried the Inconnu there, but it is far inferior to the Trout. 1905D. S. Jordan Guide to Study of Fishes II. iv. 67 The Inconnu, or Mackenzie River salmon, known on the Yukon as ‘charr’..belongs to this genus [sc. Stenodus]. 1943Beaver Mar. 28 Inconnu (Stenodus Mackenzii), generally called ‘conny’, is a fish peculiar to the Mackenzie River. 1965A. J. McClane Standard Fishing Encycl. 424/1 Inconnu have fair food value and are utilized to a large extent by the Eskimos.
2. (ɛ̃kɔny.) An unknown person; a stranger. Also fem. -e.
1807Salmagundi 4 Apr. 142 When we toast a frenchman, we merely mean one of those inconnus, who swarmed to this country, from the kitchens and barber's shops of Nantz, Bourdeaux, and Marseilles. 1829G. Griffin Collegians (ed. 2) I. xiii. 266 The lovely inconnue..felt her heart beat somewhat quickly. 1865‘Ouida’ Strathmore I. v. 76 The jewels that sparkled on the hands of the fair inconnue. 1920F. S. Fitzgerald in Smart Set July 15/2 Edith murmured a conventional ‘Thanks loads—cut in later,’ to the inconnu. |