incogadj.adv.n.
/ɪnˈkɒɡ/, /ɪŋˈkɒɡ/, U.S. /ᵻnˈkɑɡ/, /ɪŋˈkɑɡ/ A. adj.
= incognito adj., incognita adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adjective]
disguisyc1330
disguised1393
visured1577
latent1593
misguised1603
palliate1611
bemasked1620
dissembled1631
travested1656
incognito1676
incog1705
counterfeit1724
unconfessed1743
Waltham1748
camouflaged1918
the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [adjective] > incognito
incognita1671
incognito1676
incog1705
1705 D. Defoe Double Welcome 25 He's now a Priest incog..... with Sword and Whig.
1712 W. Oldisworth Note upon Notes in Horace Odes I. i. i. 23/1 He had a mind to be Incog.
1835 W. Irving Abbotsford in Crayon Misc. II. 38 I am apt to treat him with respect from the idea that he may be a great prince incog.
B. adv.
= incognito adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adverb]
under covert1477
cloakedlya1500
disguisedly1631
umbrageouslya1649
incognito1649
wrappingly1649
incog1709
the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [adverb] > incognito
incognito1649
incog1709
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 34. ⁋5 Mr. Justice Overdo..met with more Enormities by walking incog.
1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iv. iii. 56 What,..turn inquisitor, and take evidence in cog.
1807 R. Wilson Jrnl. 15 July in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) II. viii. 320 We hear..that Buonaparte went on the water incog. at Königsberg.
1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg iii, in New Monthly Mag. 60 397 A Foreign Count,—who came incog.
C. n.
= incognito n., incognita n.1
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the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > one whose name is unknown
unknownc1390
anonymous1551
incognito1638
anon.1683
anonym1683
anonym.1683
anonymity1695
incog1699
incognitaa1723
ineffable1859
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] > disguised condition
disguisea1400
shape1597
disguisedness1615
in the serving ofa1616
dissimulation1671
incog1813
incognito1822
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Incog, for Incognito, a Man of Character or Quality concealed or in disguise.
1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos 68 (note) I have seen the Capitan Pacha..wearing it [a Turkish sailor's dress] as a kind of incog.
1895 Westm. 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.
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