methought

It seemed to

Methought is an archaic past tense of "it seems to me," used to introduce something perceived or dreamed: Methought I heard a voice cry "Sleep no more!".

The word survives almost exclusively through Shakespeare and other early modern literature.

The present tense, methinks, is slightly more familiar.

archaic

dreamt

Imagined while asleep

quothArchaic verb: spoke
whenceFrom what source
thouArchaic second-person pronoun

thee · thy · thine · hast · dost · doth · ere · betwixt · prithee · verily

Shakespearean

Hamlet

Danish prince's revenge tragedy

MacbethAmbitious thane's downfall
soliloquyDramatic speech to oneself
ElizabethanOf late 1500s England

iambic · pentameter · tragedy · sonnet · folio · verse · Globe · Othello · monologue · Midsummer

dreaming

dream

Sleeping mind's narrative

slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
visionAbility to see
apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation

nightmare · sleep · reverie · fancy · imagining · seeming · illusion · phantasm · nocturnal · drowsy

Opposites

linguistic register/era

methoughtI think

Tentative opinion marker

in my opinion · IMO

certainty of cognition

methoughtwithout doubt

With complete certainty

Family

thought, thinking, thoughtful, rethink, thoughtfully, thoughtfulness, rethinking, rethought, methinks

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G