"methinks" meaning in English

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Contraction

IPA: /mɪˈθɪŋks/ [UK] Audio: En-us-methinks.ogg Forms: methought [past]
Rhymes: -ɪŋks Etymology: From Old English mē thyncth, from mē (“to me”) + thyncth (“it seems”) (from þyncan (“to seem”)); equivalent to me (“object pronoun”) + think (“to seem”). The modern syntax would be "it makes me think". Compare synonymous German mir/mich dünkt, Old Norse mér þykkir (Icelandic mér þykir). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|mē thyncth}} Old English mē thyncth Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|past tense|methought}} methinks (past tense methought)
  1. (archaic or humorous) It seems to me. Tags: archaic, contraction, humorous Synonyms: methinketh, me thinketh, me thinks, mythinks, my thinks Related terms: methought [archaic], meseems [obsolete], mehopes Translations (it seems to me): يَبْدُو لِي (yabdū lī) (Arabic), струва ми се (struva mi se) (Bulgarian), 據我看來 (Chinese Mandarin), 据我看来 (jù wǒ kàn lái) (Chinese Mandarin), 依我看來 (Chinese Mandarin), 依我看来 (yī wǒ kàn lái) (Chinese Mandarin), 我認為 (Chinese Mandarin), 我认为 (wǒ rènwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), mně se zdá (Czech), me dunkt (Dutch), mulle tundub (Estonian), minu meelest (Estonian), minusta tuntuu (Finnish), mielestäni (Finnish), il me semble (French), il m’apparaît (english: unusual, conveys the archaic meaning) (French), m’est avis (French), ალბათ (albat) (Georgian), mich dünkt (German), mir dünkt [rare] (German), μου φαίνεται (mou faínetai) (Greek), חושבני (khoshváni) [masculine] [flowery, lifestyle] (Hebrew), חושבתני (khoshvátni) [feminine] [flowery, lifestyle] (Hebrew), úgy tűnik (Hungarian), olybá tűnik [archaic, humorous] (Hungarian), mér virðist (Icelandic), mér sýnist (Icelandic), mi sembra (Italian), mi pare (Italian), 私が思うに (watashi ga omou ni) (Japanese), меніңше (menıñşe) (Kazakh), manding (Lithuanian), mi dücht [German-Low-German] (Low German), mi dünkt [German-Low-German] (Low German), ми се чи́ни (mi se číni) (Macedonian), det synes meg (Norwegian), moim zdaniem (Polish), na moje (Polish), na mój rozum (Polish), po mojemu (Polish), w moich oczach (Polish), w moim odczuciu (Polish), w moim przekonaniu (Polish), w mojej opinii (Polish), według mnie (Polish), me parece (Portuguese), parece-me (Portuguese), îmi pare (Romanian), мне ка́жется (mne kážetsja) (Russian), кажи́сь (kažísʹ) (Russian), похо́же (poxóže) (Russian), похо́ду (poxódu) (Russian), сдаётся (sdajótsja) (Russian), по-мо́ему (po-mójemu) (Russian), čini mi se (Serbo-Croatian), zdá sa mi (Slovak), zdi se mi (Slovene), me parece (Spanish), det tycks mig (Swedish), det synes mig (Swedish), mig tyckes (Swedish), எனக்கு ... என்று தோன்றுது (eṉakku ... eṉṟu tōṉṟutu) (Tamil), sanırım ki (Turkish), galiba (Turkish)

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          "sense": "it seems to me",
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          "word": "me dunkt"
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          "word": "minusta tuntuu"
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          "word": "mielestäni"
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          "word": "il me semble"
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          "english": "unusual, conveys the archaic meaning",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "il m’apparaît"
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          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "albat",
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          "word": "ალბათ"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "mich dünkt"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mir dünkt"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mou faínetai",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "μου φαίνεται"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khoshváni",
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          "tags": [
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          "topics": [
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          "word": "חושבני"
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          "word": "חושבתני"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "úgy tűnik"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
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          "word": "olybá tűnik"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "mér virðist"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "mér sýnist"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "mi sembra"
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        {
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "mi pare"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "私が思うに"
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          "word": "moim zdaniem"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "na moje"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "na mój rozum"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "po mojemu"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "w moich oczach"
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          "word": "w moim odczuciu"
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          "word": "w moim przekonaniu"
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          "word": "według mnie"
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          "word": "мне ка́жется"
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          "roman": "poxóže",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "похо́же"
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          "roman": "poxódu",
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          "word": "похо́ду"
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          "roman": "sdajótsja",
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          "word": "сдаётся"
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          "roman": "po-mójemu",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "по-мо́ему"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "čini mi se"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "zdá sa mi"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "zdi se mi"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "me parece"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "det tycks mig"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "det synes mig"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "mig tyckes"
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          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "eṉakku ... eṉṟu tōṉṟutu",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "எனக்கு ... என்று தோன்றுது"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "sanırım ki"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "galiba"
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}
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        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
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        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German Low German translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tamil translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations"
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        {
          "ref": "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 Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:",
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        {
          "ref": "2003, “Bringing Up Buster”, in Arrested Development:",
          "text": "Dr. Tobias Funke: Methinks a cupid I shall play.",
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        "It seems to me."
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        "(archaic or humorous) It seems to me."
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    {
      "word": "methinketh"
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      "word": "me thinketh"
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      "word": "me thinks"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "yabdū lī",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "يَبْدُو لِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "struva mi se",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "струва ми се"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "據我看來"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jù wǒ kàn lái",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "据我看来"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "依我看來"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yī wǒ kàn lái",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "依我看来"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "我認為"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǒ rènwéi",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "我认为"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "mně se zdá"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "me dunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "mulle tundub"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "minu meelest"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "minusta tuntuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "mielestäni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "il me semble"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "unusual, conveys the archaic meaning",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "il m’apparaît"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "m’est avis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "albat",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "ალბათ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "mich dünkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "mir dünkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mou faínetai",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "μου φαίνεται"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khoshváni",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "flowery",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "חושבני"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khoshvátni",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "flowery",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "חושבתני"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "úgy tűnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "humorous"
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      "word": "olybá tűnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "mér virðist"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "mér sýnist"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "mi sembra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "mi pare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "watashi ga omou ni",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "私が思うに"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "menıñşe",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "меніңше"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "manding"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "mi dücht"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "mi dünkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mi se číni",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "ми се чи́ни"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "det synes meg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "moim zdaniem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "na moje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "na mój rozum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "po mojemu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "w moich oczach"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "w moim odczuciu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "w moim przekonaniu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "w mojej opinii"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "według mnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "me parece"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "parece-me"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "îmi pare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mne kážetsja",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "мне ка́жется"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kažísʹ",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "кажи́сь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poxóže",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "похо́же"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poxódu",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "похо́ду"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sdajótsja",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "сдаётся"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "po-mójemu",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "по-мо́ему"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "čini mi se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "zdá sa mi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "zdi se mi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "me parece"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "det tycks mig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "det synes mig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "mig tyckes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "eṉakku ... eṉṟu tōṉṟutu",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "எனக்கு ... என்று தோன்றுது"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "sanırım ki"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "word": "galiba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "methinks"
}

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