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
What an enchanting sight beneath a full moon, methinks.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2021
Not I, indeed," replied the young gentleman; "methinks, we have no right to carry justice or punishment beyond the grave.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
"Yea, well," I cried; "and that I was so angered at her patience, which methought was foolish, yea, wicked in its excess, that it did throw me into a passion."
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
As I left her, methought that her countenance relaxed and she looked like a tired old woman.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
And just as a bulky sugar puncheon, All ready staved, like a great sun shone Glorious, scarce an inch before me, Just as methought it said, 'Come, bore me!'
From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various
His pleasantry was received with an uproarious merriment, which methought it hardly merited.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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
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