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methink

methink is the misconstruction of methinks.

Meaning of methinks

Contraction

methinks (past tense methought)

  1. (archaic, contraction, humorous) It seems to me.
    • methinks the truth should live from age to age,c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about methink

What is methink the misconstruction of?
Methink is the misconstruction of methinks.

Words near methink in the dictionary

  1. methimazole
  2. methimazoles
  3. methine
  4. methines
  5. methinic
  6. methink
  7. methinketh
  8. methinks
  9. methinks the lady doth protest too much
  10. methinks thou dost protest too much
  11. methinkst

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