mayhap

[ mey-hap, mey-hap ]

adverb

, Archaic.

1. perhaps.

mayhap

/ ˈmeɪˌhæp /

adverb

1. See perhaps
   an archaic word for perhaps

Word History and Origins

Origin of mayhap¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mayhap¹

C16: shortened from it may hap

Example Sentences

And then mayhap you'll tell me if your Pitt was ever half so eloquent.

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And you little maiden, take an old man's warning, and look before you leap, as mayhap I and Jowler may not be anigh next time.

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If ye'd listened to yer London doctor at first, mayhap ye wouldn't have had to travel from Euston in an invalid's carriage.

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Why now this one here, as does all his larning to satisfaction just now, mayhap won't do nothing at all by an hour or two.

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There is a place where the Prince says, "Fathers be alike, mayhap; mine hath not a doll's temper."

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