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methinks thou dost protest too much

methinks thou dost protest too much is the alternative form of the lady doth protest too much.

Meaning of the lady doth protest too much

Phrase

the lady doth protest too much

  1. It is suspected that, because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite of what they're saying must be true.
    • In all Penelope's devotion to her husband there is an ever present sense that the lady doth protest too much.1897, Samuel Butler, The Authoress of the Odyssey

Questions about methinks thou dost protest too much

What is methinks thou dost protest too much the alternative form of?
Methinks thou dost protest too much is the alternative form of the lady doth protest too much.

Words near methinks thou dost protest too much in the dictionary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: methinks thou dost protest too much (page history and authors); the lady doth protest too much (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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