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Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver.

The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.

An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.

Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.

Incognito. [Colloq.] Depend upon it -- he'll remain incog. Addison.

Not cogitable; inconceivable. Sir T. More.

hought, 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.

Toughtless; inconsiderate. [R.] Milton. Men are careless and incogitant. J. Goodman.

In an incogitant manner.

Not cogitative; not thinking; wanting the power of thought; as, a vegetable is an incogitative being. Locke.

The quality of being incogitative; want of thought or of the power of thinking. Wollaston.

A woman who is unknown or in disguise.

Ignorant. [Obs.]

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.

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.

Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice. This incognizance may be explained. Sir W. Hamilton.

Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice. Of the several operations themselves, as acts of volition, we are wholly incognizant. Sir W. Hamilton.

Incognizable. -- In`cog*nos"ci*bil"i*ty, n.

A failure to recognize; absence of recognition. Lamb.

Not recognizable. Carlyle.