moot

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Adjective 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 Derived terms 1.1.2.3 Translations 1.1.3 Noun 1.1.4 Verb 1.1.4.1 Translations 1.1.5 External links 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.3 References 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English *mōt, gemōt (“‘meeting’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: mo͞ot, IPA: /muːt/, SAMPA: /mu:t/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -uːt

[edit] Adjective

moot (comparative more moot, superlative most moot)

1. (British, or US dated) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
   • 1770, Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, January 4, 1770 (published 1962),

     […] :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: […]

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 32,

     [T]he uncertain, unsettled condition of this science of Cetology is in the very vestibule attested by the fact, that in some quarters it still remains a moot point whether a whale be a fish.

2. (North American) Having no practical impact or relevance.

   That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot.

   • 2007, Paul Mankowski, "The Languages of Biblical Translation", Adoremus Bulletin, Vol. 13, No. 4,

     The question [whether certain poetry was present in the original Hebrew Psalms] in our own time is moot, since various considerations have made it certain that, of all the hazards presented by biblical translation, a dangerous excess of beauty is not one of them.

3. (North American, chiefly law) Being an exercise of thought; academic.

   Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day (1903) Moot Points: Friendly Disputes on Art and Industry Between Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day

[edit] Synonyms

• (without relevance): irrelevant, obsolete (if it was previously relevant)

[edit] Derived terms

• moot point
• moot court

[edit] Translations

[edit] 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 (18 - 26 year-old Scouts). Usually 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).

[edit] Verb

to 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.

[edit] Translations

• Finnish: pohtia, käsitellä, ottaa pohdittavaksi

[edit] External links

• Moot Hall

[edit] Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmʊt/

[edit] Noun

moot (plural moots)

1. (Australian) Vagina.

[edit] References

• (2005) The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, vol. 2, p. 1320.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

moot m. (plural moten, diminutive mootje)

1. a thick slice of (usually) fish

[edit] Related terms

• zalmmoot