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单词 mootable
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mootableadj.

Brit. /ˈmuːtəbl/, U.S. /ˈmudəb(ə)l/
Forms: 1500s motable, 1800s– mootable.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moot v.1, -able suffix.
Etymology: < moot v.1 + -able suffix.
Now rare.
Capable of being mooted; open to discussion, debatable. Also: of or relating to a moot court.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > materials of topic > [adjective]
mootable1533
mooted1650
1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. vii. f. xliii Mych after the maner of a motable case.
1552 Black Bks. Lincoln's Inn i. 301 in Notes & Queries (1953) 2/1 Every puysny..shall put a short case of one poynt argumentable... Provided that at suche nyght as yt ys motable, then no case to be argued.
1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 526 But, surely this was a mootable point.
1875 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. about Lawyers (new ed.) vii. xxxviii. 308 The continual debates on ‘mootable days’, and the incessant wranglings of the Temple cloisters, encouraged them to pay especial attention to such exercises.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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