METHINKS

Etymology

Contraction

methinks (past tense: methought)

(archaic or humorous) It seems to me.

Source: Wiktionary


Me*thinks", v. impers. [imp. Methought.] Etym: [AS. þyncan to seem, me þynceedh, me þuhte, OE. me thinketh, me thoughte; akin to G. dünken to seem, denken to think, and E. think. See Me, and Think.]

Definition: It seems to me; I think. See Me. [R., except in poetry.] In all ages poets have been had in special reputation, and, methinks, not without great cause. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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