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methinks

[ mi-thingks ]

verb (impersonal)

, Archaic.
, past me·thought [mi-, thawt].
  1. it seems to me.


methinks

/ mɪˈθɪŋks /

verb

  1. archaic.
    tr; takes a clause as object it seems to me
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of methinks1

First recorded before 900; Middle English me thinketh, Old English me thyncth; me, think 2, -s 2
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Example Sentences

Anne Boleyn, Wife No. 2, had it worse, methinks — and won’t let you forget it.

Methinks that the nightmares to come with the indictment of Defendant Trump and co-Defendant Nauta are not to be had only by Defendant Trump but by us, right here at home in our own bedrooms.

From Salon

If David French, Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg and the editors, reporters and columnists at the Times and the Post spent a single evening with those I associated with for 7 years, methinks their "save the GOP" yearning would die a death that Lady Macbeth could hardly stand to look at.

From Salon

But when I look at Othello, he’ll say, “Methinks it should be a huge eclipse of sun and moon, and that the affrighted globe should yawn at alteration.”

A case of once bitten, twice shy, methinks.

From BBC

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