methinks
Americanverb
verb
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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
Also, leaving out The Bowery Boys & Puma Perl & Friends are rather glaring omissions, methinks.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2017
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
"For," quoth Felgate to the servile landlord, "we have a desire to know more of this old castle, and methinks that good fishing is obtainable in this stream."
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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