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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GOTHAMIST

n.A person deficient in wisdom, so called from Gotham in Nottinghamshire, noted for some pleasant blunders.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GOTHAMIST

GOTHAMIST Go "tham *ist, n.

 

Defn: A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders. Bp. Morton.