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mooting

mooting noun: the activity of taking part in a moot court. Also the present participle and gerund of moot.

Noun

mooting (plural mootings)

  1. The activity of taking part in a moot court.
    • In this he had been guided, not by the mootings of lawyers, not by the reveries of pamphlets, not by the conversation of coffee-houses, but by the opinions of minds that were fitter to direct than to co-operate with such minds as his.1806-1820, William Cobbett, Parliamentary History of England from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the Year 1803

Also used as

mooting is also the present participle and gerund of moot.

Forms of mooting

pluralmootings

Origin of mooting

From Middle English motinge, moting, from Old English mōtung, equivalent to moot + -ing.

From moot + -ing.

Questions about mooting

What does mooting mean?
Mooting means the activity of taking part in a moot court.
What part of speech is mooting?
Mooting is a noun.
What is the plural of mooting?
The plural of mooting is mootings.

Words near mooting in the dictionary

  1. mooters
  2. mootest
  3. moothill
  4. moothills
  5. mootie
  6. mooting
  7. mootings
  8. mootman
  9. mootmen
  10. mootness
  11. Mootoo

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