(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:56:40

Go"tham*ist (?), n.

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

Bp. Morton.

 

© Webster 1913.

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