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gothamist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
gothamist
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person lacking in wisdom.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Gothamists (plural)

Synonyms

Gothamite

Questions

What does gothamist mean?
A person lacking in wisdom.
Where does gothamist come from?
From Gotham + -ist, after Gotham, Nottinghamshire, England, associated with some humorous tales of foolish behaviour.

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