Moot Point (A).
A doubtful or unsettled question. The Anglo-Saxon motian is “to debate,” and a moot point is one sub judice, or under debate.
A doubtful or unsettled question. The Anglo-Saxon motian is “to debate,” and a moot point is one sub judice, or under debate.
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.