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moot point

noun

Etymology

From moot (“assembly”) + point.

  1. derived from *pungō✻ — “to sting, prick”
  2. derived from pūnctus
  3. derived from pointe
  4. derived from pūnctum — “a hole punched in; a point, puncture”
  5. derived from point
  6. inherited from poynt
  7. formed as moot point — “moot + point”

Definitions

  1. An issue that is subject to, or open for, discussion or debate, to which no satisfactory…

    An issue that is subject to, or open for, discussion or debate, to which no satisfactory answer is found; originally, one to be definitively determined by an assembly of the people.

    • Exactly which of the songs on Small Change originated in London is a moot point.

  2. An issue hardly worth debating because it is no longer practically applicable.

    • Until we rebuild downtown, whether we build more parking spaces is a moot point.
    • Who really owned that horse is a moot point now that it has run away.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA