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mood | moot |

As nouns the difference between mood and moot

is that mood is a mental or emotional state, composure while moot is a moot court.

As an adjective moot is

subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.

As a verb moot is

to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.

mood

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mood, mode, mod, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mental or emotional state, composure.
    • I'm in a sad mood since I dumped my lover.
  • A sullen mental state; a bad mood.
    • He's in a mood with me today.
  • A disposition to do something.
    • I'm not in the mood for running today.
  • (senseid) A prevalent atmosphere or feeling.
    • A good politician senses the mood of the crowd.
    Usage notes
    * Adjectives often used with "mood": good, bad.
    Synonyms
    * (mental or emotional state) composure, humor/humour, spirits, temperament * (bad mood) huff (informal), pet, temper * (disposition to do something) frame of mind
    Antonyms
    * (bad mood) good humour, good mood, good spirits
    Derived terms
    * in the mood * mood music * mood swing * moody
    See also
    * ambiance, ambience * atmosphere *Gemuetlichkeit

    Etymology 2

    Alteration of mode

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
    • The most common mood in English is the indicative.
    Synonyms
    * mode * grammatical mood
    Hyponyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * indicative mood * conjunctive mood = subjunctive mood * imperative mood * conditional mood
    See also
    * aspect * tense

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    moot

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) moot, mot, . Related to (l).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Subject to discussion (originally at a ); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
  • * 1770 , (Joseph Banks), The (published 1962):
  • * 1851 , (Herman Melville), :
    • [T]he uncertain, unsettled condition of this science of Cetology is in the very vestibule attested by the fact, that in some quarters it still remains a moot point whether a whale be a fish.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 477:
    • The extent to which these Parisian radicals ‘represented’ the French people as a whole was very moot .
  • (North America, chiefly, legal) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
    • Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day (1903) Moot Points : Friendly Disputes on Art and Industry Between Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day
  • (North America) Having no practical impact or relevance.
    • That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot .
  • * 2007 , Paul Mankowski, " The Languages of Biblical Translation", Adoremus Bulletin , Vol. 13, No. 4,
    • The question [whether certain poetry was present in the original Hebrew Psalms] in our own time is moot , since various considerations have made it certain that, of all the hazards presented by biblical translation, a dangerous excess of beauty is not one of them.
    Synonyms
    * (without relevance) irrelevant, obsolete (if it was previously relevant)
    Derived terms
    * moot point * moot court

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A moot court.
  • * Sir T. Elyot
    • The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots .
  • A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
  • (Scouting) A gathering of Rovers (18–26 year-old Scouts), usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
  • (paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
  • (historical) An assembly (usually for decision making in a locality).
  • (shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
    • Derived terms
    * folkmoot * gemoot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
  • To discuss or debate.
  • * Sir W. Hamilton
    • a problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less mooted , in this country
  • * Sir T. Elyot
    • First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain young men, containing some doubtful controversy.
  • (US) To make or declare irrelevant.
  • To argue or plead in a supposed case.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting.

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    Etymology 2

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia) Vagina.

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