† folkmootfolkmoten.

Forms: [Old English folcgemot], Middle English folkesmot, 1500s folckmote, 1500s–1600s folkemote, (1600s falkmoth, 1800s folkmuth), 1800s folkemote, folcmoot, 1500s–1800s folkmote, Middle English–1800s folkmoot.

Etymology: Old English folcgemōt, < folc, folk n. + mót, gemót meeting.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

A general assembly of the people of a town, city, or shire.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > English

witenagemotc1000

portmanmoot1185

swanimote1189

folkmoota1513

micklemote1647

micklegemota1683

tun-moot1881

OE Laws of Æðelstan (Otho) ii. xii. 156 On þæra gerefena gewitnesse on folcgemote.]

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxvii^v [He] callyd at Pawlys Crosse, a Folkmoot.

?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. *Bv Places of syttynge..appoynted..at the Folkemote at Poules crosse.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. iv. sig. D3 To which folke-mote they all with one consent..Agreed to trauell, and their fortunes try.

1642 W. Prynne Soveraigne Antidote Civill Wars 9 Commanders of the Militia in every County were elected..in a full Falkmoth.

1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 112 (note) He..directed a folkmote or common hall to be held on Sunday the 27th of that month.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iv. v. 276 I will ask the King's leave to go to my East Anglians, and hold there a folkmuth.

1892 Ld. Tennyson Foresters i. iii How should we cope with John? The London folkmote Has made him all but king.

Derivatives

† ˈfolk-mooter n. Obsolete ? a parochial politician.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > small-minded or parochial

folk-mooter1645

peanut politician1888

parish pumper1905

1645 J. Milton Colasterion 20 These matters are not for pragmatics, and folkmooters to babble in.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	folkmoot
释义	† folkmootfolkmoten. Forms: [Old English folcgemot], Middle English folkesmot, 1500s folckmote, 1500s–1600s folkemote, (1600s falkmoth, 1800s folkmuth), 1800s folkemote, folcmoot, 1500s–1800s folkmote, Middle English–1800s folkmoot. Etymology: Old English folcgemōt, < folc, folk n. + mót, gemót meeting. Obsolete exc. Historical. A general assembly of the people of a town, city, or shire. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > English witenagemotc1000 portmanmoot1185 swanimote1189 folkmoota1513 micklemote1647 micklegemota1683 tun-moot1881 OE Laws of Æðelstan (Otho) ii. xii. 156 On þæra gerefena gewitnesse on folcgemote.] a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxvii^v [He] callyd at Pawlys Crosse, a Folkmoot. ?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. Bv Places of syttynge..appoynted..at the Folkemote at Poules crosse. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene* iv. iv. sig. D3 To which folke-mote they all with one consent..Agreed to trauell, and their fortunes try. View more context for this quotation 1642 W. Prynne Soveraigne Antidote Civill Wars 9 Commanders of the Militia in every County were elected..in a full Falkmoth. 1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 112 (note) He..directed a folkmote or common hall to be held on Sunday the 27th of that month. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iv. v. 276 I will ask the King's leave to go to my East Anglians, and hold there a folkmuth. 1892 Ld. Tennyson Foresters i. iii How should we cope with John? The London folkmote Has made him all but king. Derivatives † ˈfolk-mooter n. Obsolete ? a parochial politician. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > small-minded or parochial folk-mooter1645 peanut politician1888 parish pumper1905 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 20 These matters are not for pragmatics, and folkmooters to babble in. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1513
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