Both Uses of
moot
in
Bleak House
- It is a moot point whether Tom-all-Alone's be uglier by day or by night, but on the argument that the more that is seen of it the more shocking it must be, and that no part of it left to the imagination is at all likely to be made so bad as the reality, day carries it.†
Chpt 46-48
- She declines to enter on the question, mooted by the maid, how the spot comes to be there, and not in her room (which is nearer to Sir Leicester's), but staunchly declares that on the spot she will remain.†
Chpt 58-60 *
Definition:
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(moot as in: moot question) describing an issue or discussion as irrelevant due to another issue or decision
or:
arguable with no clear-cut answer (especially with regard to case law)