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methinks

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/mɪˈθɪŋks/UK/miˈθɪŋks/US

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.

  1. inherited from mē
  2. inherited from me thinketh

Definitions

  1. It seems to me.

    • methinks the truth should live from age to age,
    • The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
    • And then methought my dream changed, and two Great Giants with heading-axes came striding over the bed, […]

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for methinks. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA