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Definition of Incognita
1. n. A woman who is unknown or in disguise.
Definition of Incognita
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Medical Definition of Incognita
1. 1. A woman who is unknown or in disguise. 2. The state of being in disguise; said of a woman. See: Incognito. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incognita
Literary usage of Incognita
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1812)
"... which are found in Meta incognita. ... in general of the nature of the country
called Meta incognita, and the condition of the ..."
2. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1869)
"... of Meta incognita so farre forth as the secretes of the voyage may permit.
... The third and last voyage into Meta incognita was also print in ..."
3. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... by Captaine Peter Ferdinand de Quir, touching the Discoverie of the fourth
part of the World, called Terra Australis incognita : and of the great riches ..."
4. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... fourth part of the World, called Terra Australis incognita: and of the great
riches and fertilite of the same: Printed with license in Sivill, An. 1610. ..."
5. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"Soledad, their most inland establishment, was not over thirty miles from the sea.
The vast interior was a tierra incognita, frequently spoken of as such in ..."
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