mooted (comparative more mooted, superlative most mooted)
Made, or proven to be, moot.
mooted
simple past tense and past participle of moot
• toomed
Source: Wiktionary
Moot, v.
Definition: See 1st Mot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Moot, n. (Shipbuilding)
Definition: A ring for gauging wooden pins.
Moot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooting.] Etym: [OE. moten, motien, AS. motan to meet or assemble for conversation, to discuss, dispute, fr. mot, gemot, a meeting, an assembly; akin to Icel. mot, MHG. muoz. Cf. Meet to come together.]
1. To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion. A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less mooted, in this country. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court. First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain young men, containing some doubtful controversy. Sir T. Elyot.
Moot, v. i.
Definition: To argue or plead in a supposed case. There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting. B. Jonson.
Moot, n. Etym: [AS. mot, gemot, a meeting; -- usually in comp.] [Written also mote.]
1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot. J. R. Green.
2. Etym: [From Moot, v.]
Definition: A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice. The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots. Sir T. Elyot. Moot case, a case or question to be mooted; a disputable case; an unsettled question. Dryden.
– Moot court, a mock court, such as is held by students of law for practicing the conduct of law cases.
– Moot point, a point or question to be debated; a doubtful question.
Moot, a.
Definition: Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 April 2025
(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor; “a rich ruby port”; “full-bodied wines”; “a robust claret”; “the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
