moots - 4 dictionary results

German central banker moots automatic bond moratorium

03 March 2011, 12:29 CET

moots

- 4 dictionary results

adjective

1.

open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: a mootpoint.

2.

of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic.

3.

Chiefly Law . not actual; theoretical; hypothetical.

–verb (used with object)

4.

to present or introduce (any point, subject, project, etc.) fordiscussion.

5.

to reduce or remove the practical significance of; makepurely theoretical or academic.

6.

Archaic . to argue (a case), especially in a mock court.

–noun

7.

an assembly of the people in early England exercisingpolitical, administrative, and judicial powers.

8.

an argument or discussion, especially of a hypothetical legalcase.

9.

Obsolete . a debate, argument, or discussion.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English mot ( e ) meeting, assembly, Old Englishgemōt; cognate with Old Norse mōt, Dutch gemoet meeting.