Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incognitum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: incog-ni-tum
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An American mammoth or mastodon, especially when presumed extant.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"When, as president, he dispatched Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to the Northwest, Jefferson hoped that they would come upon live incognita roaming its forests."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incognitum (“unknown”). Coined by William Hunter.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

incognita (plural)

Questions

What does incognitum mean?: An American mammoth or mastodon, especially when presumed extant.
Where does incognitum come from?: Borrowed from Latin incognitum (“unknown”). Coined by William Hunter.

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