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methinks

Pronunciation: /mɪˈθɪŋks/

The English word “methinks” has 1 meaning listed here.

contraction

  1. It seems to me.

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.

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