methinks

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Etymology[edit]

From me (object pronoun) + think (to seem). The modern syntax would be "it makes me think".

In Early Modern English, used at least 150 times by William Shakespeare; in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, me thinketh; and in Old English by Alfred the Great, mē þyncþ. Compare synonymous German mir dünkt, Old Norse mér þykkir (Icelandic mér þykir).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɪˈθɪŋks/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋks

Contraction[edit]

methinks (past tense methought)

  1. (archaic or humorous) It seems to me.

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