mootedadj.1
/ˈmuːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈmudəd/ Proposed or brought forward for discussion; talked of, discussed, debated.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [adjective] > removed or dug from the ground
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uneartheda1625
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > materials of topic > [adjective]
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [adjective] > with roots showing
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1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 147 What would you say if the crime were in a mooted case put to you.
1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 269 We must turn to the often mooted question of Idealism.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Nov. 7/1 He supposed that Sir L. Sackville West and himself..could decide any mooted point.
1927 A. C. Parker Indian How Bk. i. ix. 51 The earliest of these fishhooks have no barbs, and it is still a mooted question whether or not the really pre-historic Indians barbed their hooks.
1966 J. F. Lehmann I am my Brother ii. vii. 92 As the months went by..the mooted job..receded even further into improbability.
1992 Observer 7 June 33/1 A mooted plan by a consortium of international investors to assume future debts is the most drastic solution yet proposed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† mootedadj.2
Shipbuilding. Obsolete.
Of a treenail: shaped to the required dimensions by means of a moot (moot n.3 2).
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1865 Navy Dockyard Expense Acct. 6 The planed deals and board, and mooted treenails must be separated from the rough articles to admit of valuation.
1880 Times 2 Dec. 8/2 Several thousands rough and mooted oak treenails.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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