Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being mooted; disputable; open, as a question.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being mooted.

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  • adjective Capable of being mooted.

Etymologies

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moot +‎ -able

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Examples

  • I do however agree that the point is merely a mootable one because the net effect in the real world is more clouds and less heat.

    More Bender on Hurricane Counts « Climate Audit 2006

  • I do however agree that the point is merely a mootable one because the net effect in the real world is more clouds and less heat. bender

    More Bender on Hurricane Counts « Climate Audit 2006

  • She had made poor use of her opportunities in this respect, but if to be honest, healthy, and wholesome is lady-like, then Dawn was one of the most vigorous and thoroughly lady-like folk I have known, and what really constitutes a lady is a mootable point based largely upon the point of view.

    Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916

  • The continual debates on 'mootable days,' and the incessant wranglings of the Temple cloisters, encouraged them to pay especial attention to such exercises.

    A Book About Lawyers John Cordy Jeaffreson 1866

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