methinks

American  

[mi-thingks] / mɪˈθɪŋks /

verb

Archaic.

PAST

methought

1. it seems to me.

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methinks British  

/ mɪˈθɪŋks /

verb

1. archaic  (tr; takes a clause as object) it seems to me

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Etymology

Origin of methinks

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

Example Sentences

“The lady doth protest too much, methinks,” she whispers of an overwrought performance shown on stage in the Shakespearean tragedy.

From Barron's

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

From Seattle Times

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.”

From Seattle Times