Adjective

1. Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
   • 1770, Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, January 4, 1770 (published 1962),

     :indeed we were obligd to hawl off rather in a hurry for the wind freshning a little we found ourselves in a bay which it was a moot point whether or not we could get out of:

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 32,

     [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.

2. 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.

3. 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

Noun

1. A moot court.
2. 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.
3. A gathering of Rovers (18 - 26 year-old Scouts). Usually a camp lasting 2 weeks.
4. A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
5. An assembly (usually for decision making in a locality).

Verb

1. To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
2. To discuss or debate.
3. To make or declare irrelevant.