moot

Significat (English)

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 2 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, to propose.
2. To discuss or debate.
3. To make or declare irrelevant.
4. To argue or plead in a supposed case.
5. (obsolete) To talk or speak.
6. To say, utter, also insinuate.

Noun

1. A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
2. Talk.

Noun

Vagina.

Noun

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

A mutual follower on a social media platform.

Synonyms

debate

disputable

arguable

debatable

disputed

turn over

consider

controversial

deliberate

academic

contestable

cowl

discuss

discussion

dispute

doubtful

litigious

mooted

mull over

muse

objectionable

open

pin

propose

questionable

raise

shale

speculate

spool

stir

talk over

think of

unresolved

unsettled

deliberate upon

kick around

veche

mesh gauge

mesh bar

agitate

argue

argument

argumentative

broach

cerebrate

challengeable

cogitate

contentious

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/muːt/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: mōt

Inherited from anglès antic: *mōt

Cognate with escocès: mut

Cognate with baix alemany: Mööt

Cognate with danès: møde

Cognate with suec: möte

Cognate with noruec: møte

Cognate with islandès: mót

Inherited from anglès mitjà: moten

Inherited from anglès antic: mōtian

In summary

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.