Mightn't

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈmaɪt.nÌ©t/, /ˈmaɪʔ.nÌ©t/

Origin

might + -n't

Full definition of mightn't

Contraction

1. might not
• 1974, , , Harper & Row (First Rayo Edition, 2005), page 275:"But at night she would still think the same thing: mightn't it be that he wouldn't come to see her anymore?"
• 1963, Perry Mason, The Case of the Greek Goddess (Television Season 6, Episode 25)“But, mightn’t there have been something unusual about the Stimatis contract itself?” Mason cross-examining Roger Correll.