incog

[ in-kog ]
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adjective, adverb, nounInformal.
  1. incognita or incognito.

Origin of incog

1
First recorded in 1690–1700; by shortening

Words Nearby incog

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How to use incog in a sentence

  • The young Pretender, followed by about fifty Scotch and Irish adventurers, meanwhile, came incog.

  • True, but I learn that she means to make the entire trip incog.

    The White Rose of Memphis | William C. Falkner
  • I played at being successful, bought my own pictures through dealers—incog., of course—at enormous prices.

    Love's Usuries | Louis Creswicke
  • There is a well-known story of an English nobleman, desiring to remain incog.

    Nuts and Nutcrackers | Charles James Lever
  • Present your friend to me, incog., and I'll wager—oh, anything that I shall read her like a book on sight.

    A Thoughtless Yes | Helen H. Gardener

British Dictionary definitions for incog.

incog.

abbreviation for
  1. incognito

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