incognita

See also: incógnita

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian incognita;^[1] see incognito.

Noun

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

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.

Related terms

• terra incognita

References

1. “incognita, adj. and n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• actioning

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈkɔɲ.ɲi.ta/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔɲɲita
• Hyphenation: in‧cò‧gni‧ta

Noun

incognita f (plural incognite)

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

Adjective

incognita

1. feminine singular of incognito

References

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

Anagrams

• cognatini

Latin

Adjective

incognita

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

Adjective

incognitā

1. ablative feminine singular of incognitus