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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Italian
Origin: Latin incognitus 'unknown'

incognito

 adverb
     
in‧cog‧ni‧to
if a famous person does something incognito, they do it without letting people know who they are:
That night, Lenin travelled incognito to the party headquarters.
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