quinta-feira, março 03, 2011

German central banker moots automatic bond moratorium
03 March 2011, 12:29 CET

- 4 dictionary results

adjective

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

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

Chiefly Law . not actual; theoretical; hypothetical.

–verb (used with object)

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

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

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

–noun

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

an argument or discussion, especially of a hypothetical legalcase.

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.

Philosophy is really homesickness, an urge to be at home everywhere.
Where, then, are we going?
Always to our home.

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