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moot¹

  • /muːt/

Rhymes with -uːt

Where it comes from

From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“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. The adjective derives from the noun.

adjective more moot · most moot

  1. rare Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve. […] :indeed we were obligd to hawl off rather in a hurry for the wind freshning a little we found ourselves in a bay which it was a moot point whether or not we could get out of: […]
  2. Canada, US Being an exercise of thought; academic.
  3. Canada, US, uncommon Having no practical consequence or relevance. That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot.

noun moots

  1. A moot court. The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots.
  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. A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting two weeks.
  4. A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
  5. historical An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
  6. A ring for gauging wooden pins.

moot²

Where it comes from

From Middle English moten (“to speak, talk, converse, discuss”), from Old English mōtian (“to speak, converse, discuss”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet, encounter”), a suffixed derivative of *mōtą (“meeting”). Related to etymology 1. See also mutter (which is a frequentative of moot).

verb moots · mooting · mooted

  1. To bring up as a subject for debate. A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its scrut
  2. To discuss or debate. a problem which hardly has been mentioned, far less mooted, in this country
  3. US To make or declare irrelevant.
  4. To argue or plead in a supposed case. There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting.
  5. obsolete, regional To talk or speak. In that mater now I will mute no moir.
  6. Northern England, Scotland To say, utter, also insinuate.

noun moots

  1. Northern England, Scotland, countable, uncountable A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
  2. Northern England, Scotland, countable, uncountable Talk.

moot³

  • /ˈmʊt/

Where it comes from

Unknown.

noun moots

  1. Australia The vagina.

moot⁴

Where it comes from

From Dutch moot (“piece”).

noun moots

  1. West Country The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree. 'Ithin the woodlands, flow'ry gleäded, / By the woak tree's mossy moot

verb moots · mooting · 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 a snout. "Zarch tha whole worl', vrom Guenever / To Squier Mules' ta Muddever, / Moot iv'ry brack about un.

moot⁵

Where it comes from

Clipping of mutual with humorously altered pronunciation.

noun moots

  1. Internet, endearing, plural normally A mutual follower on a social media platform. Eid Mubarak to all my muslim moots out there

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