mayhap

[ mey-hap, mey-hap ]

/ ˌmeɪˈhæp, ˈmeɪˌhæp /

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adverb Archaic.

perhaps.

Nearby words

mayfield heights, mayfish, mayflower, mayflower compact, mayfly, mayhap, mayhappen, mayhem, mayhew, maying, mayn't

Origin of mayhap

First recorded in 1530–40; short for it may hap

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Examples from the Web for mayhap

Mayhap, then, you'll come on deck and tell these merry men as much, for they do only jeer at me.
Standish of Standish|Jane G. Austin
Mayhap she'll cry a bit, or flout the duke, or laugh at his ways.
Nancy Stair|Elinor Macartney Lane
Think, while thou sunnest thyself in Joy's estate, Mayhap thou canst not ripen without frost!
A Calendar of Sonnets|Helen Hunt Jackson
Child, mayhap I have done ill in taking thee thus from thy mother.
In Doublet and Hose|Lucy Foster Madison

For mayhap, says I to myself, he be the gentleman as be come to take Mr. Shepherd's duty for him.
The Seaboard Parish Volume 1|George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for mayhap

mayhap

/ (ˈmeɪˌhæp) /

adverb

an archaic word for perhaps

Word Origin for mayhap

C16: shortened from it may hap

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