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methinks

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/mɪˈθɪŋks/ (UK)
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/mɪˈθɪŋks/ (UK) · /miˈθɪŋks/

Definition of methinks

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

contraction

  1. (archaic, contraction, humorous, sometimes)It seems to me.
    “methinks the truth should live from age to age,”
    “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”
    “And then methought my dream changed, and two Great Giants with heading-axes came striding over the bed, […]”
    “Dr. Tobias Funke: Methinks a cupid I shall play.”

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Etymology

From Middle English me thinketh from Old English mē þynceþ (from þyncan (“to seem”)); equivalent to me (indirect object pronoun, as in “show me it”) + think (“to seem”). Compare synonymous Flemish me dunkt, German mir/mich dünkt, Old Norse mér þykkir (Icelandic mér þykir). Compare meseems.

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