incognito

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   with one's identity concealed, especially to avoid attention or recognition

   The actor traveled incognito to escape the reporters.

2. 2
   adj

   having one's identity concealed or using an assumed character

   The incognito visitor signed the register under a false name.

Borrowed from Italian incognito, from Latin incognitus, 'unknown,' formed from in-, 'not,' + cognitus, 'known,' the past participle of cognoscere. It entered English for a person traveling under a concealed identity.

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