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Definition moot

Etymology 1

From Middle English moot, mot, ?emot, from Old English m?t, ?em?t (“moot, society, assembly, meeting, court, council, synod”), from Proto-Germanic *m?t? (“an encounter, meeting, assembly”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh?d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots mut, mote (“meeting, assembly”), Low German Mööt (“meeting”), Moot (“meeting”), archaic Dutch (ge)moet (“meeting”), Danish møde (“meeting”), Swedish möte (“meeting”), Norwegian møte (“meeting”), Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”). Related to meet.

Adjective

moot (comparative more moot, superlative most moot)

1. (current in Britain, rare in the US) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
2. (Canada, US, chiefly law) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
3. (Canada, US) Having no practical impact or relevance.

Noun

moot (plural moots)

1. A moot court.
2. A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
3. (Scouting) A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
4. (paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
5. (historical) An assembly (usually for decision making in a locality). [from the 12th c.]
6. (shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.

Etymology 2

From Middle English moten (“to speak, talk, converse, discuss”), from Old English m?tian (“to speak, converse, discuss”). See also mutter (which is a frequentative of moot).

Verb

moot (third-person singular simple present moots, present participle mooting, simple past and past participle mooted)

1. To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
2. To discuss or debate.
3. (US) To make or declare irrelevant.
4. To argue or plead in a supposed case.
5. (regional, obsolete) To talk or speak.
6. (Scotland, Northern England) To say, utter, also insinuate.

Noun

moot (plural moots)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
2. (Scotland, Northern England, rural) Talk.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

moot (plural moots)

1. (Australia) Vagina.

Etymology 4

From Dutch moot (“piece”)

Noun

moot (plural moots)

1. (West Country) The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.

Verb

moot (third-person singular simple present moots, present participle mooting, simple past and past participle mooted)

1. (West Country) To take root and begin to grow.
2. (West Country) To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with the snout.

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