mayhap

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
16
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈmeɪhæp/

Definition of mayhap

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (archaic, not-comparable, rare)Maybe; perhaps; possibly; perchance.
    “I'm one that has spoken to a King, I am: mayhap you'll never see such another […]”
    “Then I heard the rush, the stamping and neighing, of some young mares, pasturing there, as they raced to and fro, bewildered or mayhap only in play.”
    “"If you're after some money," said the millionaire, "move that cat out of the way." Catweazle shook his head. "Mayhap 'tis a fetch."”
    “Who would not adore Mom and admire old Ma Pettigrew? There is one of each on your street, the younger mayhap heading for the tribulations already unmurmuringly borne by the older.”

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Etymology

From the phrase “it may hap”.

Anagrams of mayhap

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