mooting

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noun

The activity of taking part in a moot court.

OriginMiddle English motinge ← Old English mōtung →
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Meanings

mooting1

nounmooting (plural mootings)

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

mooting2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of moot

Origin

mooting · noun

  1. Old Englishmōtung
  2. Middle Englishmotinge
  3. Englishmooting

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

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mooting · verb

From moot + -ing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

mooting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mooting

MLA

“mooting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mooting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mooting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mooting.

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