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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An inhabitant of Gotham in England, and, by transfer, of the city of New York, to which the name was humorously applied in allusion to the stories of “the wise men of Gotham.” See
Gothamist .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A gothamist.
- noun Jocular An inhabitant of New York city.
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minerva commented on the word gothamite
Can also mean a fool, from the English village of Gotham, proverbially known for its fools.
Don't write me!
December 13, 2007
minerva commented on the word gothamite
I have great temptations, on this occasion, says the prim Gothamite, to express my own resentments upon your present state.
Lovelace to Belford, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
December 13, 2007