Incogitance
(In*cog"i*tance In*cog"i*tan*cy) n. [L. incogitantia.] Want of thought, or of the power of
thinking; thoughtlessness; unreasonableness.
'T is folly and incogitancy to argue anything, one way or the other, from the designs of a sort of beings
with whom we so little communicate.
Glanvill. Incogitant
(In*cog"i*tant) a. [L. incogitans; pref. in- not + cogitans, p. pr. of cogitare to think. See
Cogitate.] Thoughtless; inconsiderate. [R.] Milton.
Men are careless and incogitant.
J. Goodman. Incogitantly
(In*cog"i*tant*ly), adv. In an incogitant manner.
Incogitative
(In*cog"i*ta*tive) a. Not cogitative; not thinking; wanting the power of thought; as, a vegetable
is an incogitative being. Locke.
Incogitativity
(In*cog`i*ta*tiv"i*ty) n. The quality of being incogitative; want of thought or of the power of
thinking. Wollaston.
Incognita
(In*cog"ni*ta) n. [See Incognito.]
1. A woman who is unknown or in disguise.
2. The state of being in disguise; — said of a woman.
Incognitant
(In*cog"ni*tant) a. Ignorant. [Obs.]
Incognito
(In*cog"ni*to) a. or adv. [It. incognito, masc., incognita, fem., L. incognitus unknown; pref.
in- not + cognitus known, p. p. of cognoscere: cf. F. incognito, fr. It. See Cognition.] Without being
known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; — said esp. of great personages
who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice.
'T was long ago
Since gods come down incognito.
Prior.
The prince royal of Persia came thither incognito.
Tatler. Incognito
(In*cog"ni*to), n.; pl. Incognitos [See Incognito, a.]
1. One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.
2. The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.
His incognito was endangered.
Sir W. Scott. Incognizable
(In*cog"ni*za*ble) a. Not cognizable; incapable of being recognized, known, or distinguished.
H. Spenser.
The Lettish race, not a primitive stock of the Slavi, but a distinct branch, now become incognizable.
Tooke. Incognizance
(In*cog"ni*zance) n. Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice.
This incognizance may be explained.
Sir W. Hamilton. Incognizant
(In*cog"ni*zant) a. Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.
Of the several operations themselves, as acts of volition, we are wholly incognizant.
Sir W. Hamilton.
