moot
(current in UK, rare in the US) Subject to discussion; arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
[T]he uncertain, unsettled condition of this science of Cetology is in the very vestibule attested by the fact, that in some quarters it still remains a moot point whether a whale be a fish.
The extent to which these Parisian radicals ‘represented’ the French people as a whole was very moot.
(Canada, US, chiefly law) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
(Canada, US) Having no practical consequence or relevance.
A moot court.
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.
(scouting) A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
(paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
(historical) An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
(shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
To discuss or debate.
(US) To make or declare irrelevant.
To argue or plead in a supposed case.
(regional, obsolete) To talk or speak.
(Scotland, Northern England) To say, utter, also insinuate.
(Scotland, Northern England) A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
(Scotland, Northern England, rustic) Talk.
(Australia) Vagina.
(West Country) The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
(West Country) To take root and begin to grow.
(West Country) To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with a snout.
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