As a wordsmith, I just made it up one day not consciously knowing about its use way back in 1878. I simply joined the "may" in "may-be" to the "haps" in "per-haps", coming up with "mayhaps" ... thinking it sounded neat and light.
A compound word made up by one of our three sons ... using the "be" from ... be-sides and the "sept" sound in "ex-cept" ... it just seemed to fit the occasion at the time. Usually used by our family now in conjunction with the word "that" ... as in besept that ...
A compound word made up by two of our three sons ... using the "pre" from ... pre-cisely and the "sact" sound in "exact" ... it just seemed to fit the occasion at the time. Could also be used as in "presactly".
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jwdunn commented on the word Mayhaps
As a wordsmith, I just made it up one day not consciously knowing about its use way back in 1878. I simply joined the "may" in "may-be" to the "haps" in "per-haps", coming up with "mayhaps" ... thinking it sounded neat and light.
June 9, 2009
jwdunn commented on the word Besept
A compound word made up by one of our three sons ... using the "be" from ... be-sides and the "sept" sound in "ex-cept" ... it just seemed to fit the occasion at the time. Usually used by our family now in conjunction with the word "that" ... as in besept that ...
June 9, 2009
jwdunn commented on the word Presact
A compound word made up by two of our three sons ... using the "pre" from ... pre-cisely and the "sact" sound in "exact" ... it just seemed to fit the occasion at the time. Could also be used as in "presactly".
June 9, 2009