Where Does Methinks Come from?
"The Lady Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks" Is a Line from the Play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. It Is Spoken by Queen Gertrude in Response to the Insincere...
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" is a line from the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. It is spoken by Queen Gertrude in response to the insincere overacting of a character in the play within a play created by
Is Methinks proper English?
Methinks means “It seems to me.” Originally, it was spelled as two words. The me is an indirect object: “It seems to me.” Now it is spelled as one word, although some modern speakers, imagining that it means, “I think” spell it as two words.
Who invented methinks?
Origin of methinks
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, me þyncþ.
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