mightn't

== English == === Etymology === From might + n't. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪtn̩t/, [ˈmaɪʔn̩ʔ] === Verb === mightn't (chiefly UK or archaic) might not (negative auxiliary) 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?” [Perry Mason cross-examining Roger Correll.] 1974, Mario Vargas Llosa, Conversation in the Cathedral: A Novel, 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?" ==== Coordinate terms ==== can't, couldn't, mayn't, oughtn't, shan't, shouldn't, won't, wouldn't ==== See also ==== Appendix:English modal verbs Appendix:English tag questions === References ===