incognita

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See also: incógnita

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian incognita;[1] see incognito.

Noun

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incognita (plural incognitas)

  1. A woman who is unknown or in disguise.
  2. (of a woman) The state of being in disguise. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Adjective

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incognita (not comparable)

  1. 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.
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References

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  1. ^ incognita, adj. and n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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incognita f (plural incognite)

  1. (mathematics) unknown (quantity)
  2. uncertainty

Adjective

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incognita

  1. feminine singular of incognito

References

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  1. ^ incognita in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Latin

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Adjective

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incognita

  1. inflection of incognitus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

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incognitā

  1. ablative feminine singular of incognitus