Mooting
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of moot form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English motinge, moting, from Old English mÅtung, equivalent to moot + -ing.
Etymology 2
From moot + -ing.