English Explanatory Dictionary

methinks

English dictionary entry

Meanings

contraction
  1. It seems to me.

Pronunciation

mĭ-thĭngks′ /mɪˈθɪŋks/ /miˈθɪŋks/ En-us-methinks.ogg

Word forms

methinks methought methinketh me thinketh me thinks mythinks my thinks

Etymology

From Middle English me thinketh from Old English mē þynceþ (from þyncan (“to seem”)); equivalent to me (indirect object pronoun, as in “show me it”) + think (“to seem”). Compare synonymous Flemish me dunkt, German mir/mich dünkt, Old Norse mér þykkir (Icelandic mér þykir). Compare meseems.

Related words

methought meseems mehopes

Derived words

methinks the lady doth protest too much
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