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Grammar : Adj
Spell : moot
Phonetic Transcription : mut



Definition of moot

Origin :
  • "assembly of freemen," mid-12c., from Old English gemot "meeting" (especially of freemen, to discuss community affairs or mete justice), "society, assembly, council," from Proto-Germanic *ga-motan (cf. Old Low Frankish muot "encounter," Middle Dutch moet, Middle High German muoz), from collective prefix *ga- + *motan (see meet (v.)).
  • adj doubtful, arguable
Example sentences :
  • The use of phonetic transcription, however, is a moot question.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • The etymology of the word koldun is still, I believe, a moot point.
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • The actual temperature of the moon's surface by day is a moot point.
  • Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
  • The question of a tonsilectomy had been a moot one for years.
  • Extract from : « Tutors' Lane » by Wilmarth Lewis
  • Elizabeth Foulkes was the last prisoner tried in the Moot Hall.
  • Extract from : « The King's Daughters » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • The great hall of the Moot Hall in Colchester was filling rapidly.
  • Extract from : « The King's Daughters » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • He was commissioned to carry the writ down to the Moot Hall.
  • Extract from : « The King's Daughters » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • Is there any way from your rooms to the upper floors of the Moot Hall?
  • Extract from : « In the Mayor's Parlour » by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
  • When the nurse truly connects with the other, liking the other becomes a moot issue.
  • Extract from : « Nursing as Caring » by Anne Boykin
  • It is a moot question as to who can claim the title of esquire.
  • Extract from : « The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) » by Charles James Wills

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