English Explanatory Dictionary

moot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
  2. Being an exercise of thought; academic.
  3. Having no practical consequence or relevance.
noun
  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. 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. An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
  6. A ring for gauging wooden pins.
verb
  1. To bring up as a subject for debate.
  2. To discuss or debate.
  3. To make or declare irrelevant.
  4. To argue or plead in a supposed case.
  5. To talk or speak.
  6. To say, utter, also insinuate.
noun
  1. A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
  2. Talk.
noun
  1. The vagina.
noun
  1. The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
verb
  1. To take root and begin to grow.
  2. To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with a snout.
noun
  1. A mutual follower on a social media platform.

Pronunciation

mo͞ot /muːt/ en-us-moot.ogg en-au-moot.ogg /ˈmʊt/

Word forms

moot more moot most moot moots mooting mooted

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

irrelevant obsolete table propose bespeak talk about treat bechat confer betalk chat discuss moot talk over jabber say articulate babble blab chatter converse open one's mouth speak talk verbalize yak yap yammer hint indicate advert allude imply inkle insinuate intimate refer signify suggest

Related words

meet OOMF

Derived words

moot court mootness moot point ward moot entmoot folkmoot gemoot moot hall moothill mootie mootman moot-stow tun-moot mootable mooter moot-axe mooting-axe moot earth moot-end
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