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methinx

methinx is the eye dialect spelling 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 methinx

What is methinx the eye dialect spelling of?
Methinx is the eye dialect spelling of methinks.

Words near methinx in the dictionary

  1. methinketh
  2. methinks
  3. methinks the lady doth protest too much
  4. methinks thou dost protest too much
  5. methinkst
  6. methinx
  7. methiocarb
  8. methiodal
  9. methiodide
  10. methiodides
  11. methional

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