HOME
CAREERS
SCHOOLS
ARTICLES
REFERENCE
Yahoo! Education
>
Reference
>
Dictionary
> Gotham
Definition of Gotham
Reference
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Thesaurus
World Factbook
Spanish Dictionary
Anatomy
Conversion Calculator
Word of the Day
perfunctory
Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
Petersons.com
Add Word of the Day to your personalized My Yahoo! page:
About My Yahoo! and RSS »
Search Dictionary:
Email this page to a friend
< Gotha
Gothic >
Goth·am
(g
th
m)
KEY
New York City. The nickname was popularized by Washington Irving and others in
Salmagundi,
a series of satirical sketches (1807-1808).
OTHER FORMS:
Goth
am·ite
(-
-m
t
)
KEY
(Noun)
Visit our partner's site
Provided by Houghton Mifflin
eReference -- Download this interactive reference software to your desktop computer