incognita
See also: incógnita
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian incognita;[1] see incognito.
Noun
incognita (plural incognitas)
- A woman who is unknown or in disguise.
- (of a woman) The state of being in disguise. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Adjective
incognita (not comparable)
- Of a woman: without being known; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; in disguise; feminine of incognito.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 120:
- Of all places, London is the best for an incognita acquaintance; cards may be exchanged to all eternity without a meeting, and the various circles revolve like planets in their different systems, utterly unconscious of the means and modes of each other's existence.
Related terms
References
- ^ “incognita, adj. and n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈkɔɲ.ɲi.ta/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔɲɲita
- Hyphenation: in‧cò‧gni‧ta
Noun
incognita f (plural incognite)
- (mathematics) unknown (quantity)
- uncertainty
Adjective
incognita
- feminine singular of incognito
References
- ^ incognita in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
incognita
- inflection of incognitus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
incognitā
- ablative feminine singular of incognitus