"methinks" meaning in English

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Contraction

IPA: /mɪˈθɪŋks/ [UK] Audio: En-us-methinks.ogg [US] Forms: methought [past]
Rhymes: -ɪŋks Etymology: From me (“object pronoun”) + think (“to seem”). The modern syntax would be "it makes me think". In Early Modern English, used at least 150 times by William Shakespeare; in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, me thinketh; and in Old English by Alfred the Great, mē þyncþ. Compare synonymous German mir dünkt, Old Norse mér þykkir (Icelandic mér þykir). Etymology templates: {{m|en|me||object pronoun}} me (“object pronoun”), {{m|en|think|id=seem|t=to seem}} think (“to seem”), {{m|enm|me thinketh}} me thinketh, {{m|ang|mē þyncþ}} mē þyncþ, {{m|de|mir}} mir, {{m|de|dünkt}} dünkt, {{m|non|mér}} mér, {{m|non|þykkir}} þykkir, {{m|is|mér}} mér, {{m|is|þykir}} þykir Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|past tense|methought}} methinks (past tense methought)
  1. (archaic or humorous) It seems to me. Tags: contraction 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 (english: archaic or 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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          "word": "moim zdaniem"
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          "code": "pl",
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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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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "po mojemu"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "w moich oczach"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "w moim odczuciu"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "w moim przekonaniu"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "w mojej opinii"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "me parece"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "parece-me"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "îmi pare"
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          "roman": "mne kážetsja",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "мне ка́жется"
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          "roman": "kažísʹ",
          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "кажи́сь"
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          "sense": "it seems to me",
          "word": "похо́же"
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          "word": "сдаётся"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "methought"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "meseems"
    },
    {
      "word": "mehopes"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English contractions",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English non-lemma forms",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Macedonian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪŋks",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪŋks/2 syllables",
        "Russian terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "To me it seems reasonable\nTo tell you all the condition"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1862 February, George Augustus [Henry] Sala, “The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous; a Narrative in Plain English, […] Chapter the Fourth. My Grandmother Dies, and I am Left Alone, without So Much as a Name.”, in George Augustus Sala, editor, Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, volume IV, London: Office of \"Temple Bar,\" 122 Fleet Street; Ward and Lock, 158 Fleet Street; New York, N.Y.: Willmer and Rogers, →OCLC, page 304",
          "text": "And then methought my dream changed, and two Great Giants with heading-axes came striding over the bed, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, “Bringing Up Buster”, in Arrested Development",
          "text": "Dr. Tobias Funke: Methinks a cupid I shall play.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "It seems to me."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "seem",
          "seem"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "archaic or humorous",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic or humorous) It seems to me."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "contraction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪˈθɪŋks/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋks"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-methinks.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e6/En-us-methinks.ogg/En-us-methinks.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/En-us-methinks.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "methinketh"
    },
    {
      "word": "me thinketh"
    },
    {
      "word": "me thinks"
    },
    {
      "word": "mythinks"
    },
    {
      "word": "my thinks"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "english": "archaic or humorous",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "it seems to me",
      "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": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "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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