mayhap

[mey-hap, mey-hap]

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adverb Archaic.

perhaps.

Origin of mayhap

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

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Related Words for mayhap

perhaps, perchance, conceivable, credible, feasible, obtainable, conceivably, imaginably

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Historical Examples of mayhap

“Master Headley will give us work, mayhap,” said Stephen, turning to Tibble.
The Armourer's Prentices
Charlotte M. Yonge
“Yet mayhap he might do something for thee, friend Ambrose,” added the armourer.
The Armourer's Prentices
Charlotte M. Yonge
I thought that mayhap it might be as to who should have this feather-bed of thine.
The White Company
Arthur Conan Doyle
If we leave her alone, mayhap she will founder, and then how will the women be saved?
Fair Margaret
H. Rider Haggard
"Why, mayhap there is some other cold fare therein," said the Beggar slyly.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle

British Dictionary definitions for mayhap

mayhap

adverb

an archaic word for perhaps

Word Origin for mayhap

C16: shortened from it may hap

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Word Origin and History for mayhap

1530s, from phrase (it) may hap.