Gothamist

English

Etymology

Gotham +‎ -ist, after Gotham, Nottinghamshire, England, associated with some humorous tales of foolish behaviour.

Noun

Gothamist (plural Gothamists)

  1. (archaic) A person lacking in wisdom.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Morton to this entry?)

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Gothamist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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