methinks
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Origin of methinks
First recorded before 900; Middle English me thinketh, Old English me thyncth; see origin at me, think 2, -s 2
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Anne Boleyn, Wife No. 2, had it worse, methinks — and won’t let you forget it.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
A case of once bitten, twice shy, methinks.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2022
Bentley is accused of having only used indexes and dictionaries: “Dr. Bentley methinks should have dug deeper for his materials, and consulted Original Authors.”
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2022
Instead, they seem to be, in the words of Shakespeare, "protesting too much, methinks".
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2018
Thou speakest mysteries; still methinks I know To disengage the tangle of thy words: Yet rather would I hear thy angel voice, Than for myself be thy interpreter.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
I feared him, methought the ghost of all those dead sat on that glittering glaive.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
When I read the words, The cruel words, methought my heart stood still, And when the ebbing life returned I seemed To have lost all thought of Love.
From The Epic of Hades In Three Books by Morris, Lewis, Sir
There was less flouncing and fanning, methought, than in the larger town; but no doubt the usual telegraphy was carried on, only in a more covert manner, as became the severer exigencies of village decorum.
From A Trip to Cuba by Howe, Julia Ward
Whilom, ere youth's conceit had waned, methought Answers to all life's problems I had wrought; But now, grown old and wise, too late I see My life is spent, and all my lore is naught.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
And yet methought we found 'em Handsome enough; I'll tell thee true, Petesca, I lookt for other manner of dealings from 'em, And had prepar'd my self; but where's my Lady?
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject by Beaumont, Francis
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