methinks
Americanverb
verb
Etymology
Origin of methinks
First recorded before 900; Middle English me thinketh, Old English me thyncth; see origin at me, think 2, -s 2
Example Sentences
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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
It was a leak made to help Twitter, methinks, but ended up dinging Disney’s stock price.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2016
Irving has made this point so often that he doth protest too much, methinks, but this time he invokes Shakespeare.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2015
Joseph," he said, "methinks I know how it is!
From Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends by Standish, Burt L.
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