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.
GOTHAMITE
GOTHAMITE Go "tham *ite, n.
1. A gothamist.
2. An inhabitant of New York city. [Jocular ] Irving.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Gotham
Go tham |ˈgäTHəm ˈɡɑθəm | a nickname for New York City, used originally by Washington Irving and now associated with the Batman stories.
Oxford Dictionary
Gotham
Gotham 1 |ˈgɒθəm |a nickname for New York City, used originally by Washington Irving and now associated with the Batman stories. 2 |ˈgəʊtəm |a village in Nottinghamshire whose inhabitants were proverbial for their stupidity, or (in the folk tale The Wise Men of Gotham ) who demonstrated cunning by feigning stupidity.
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