METHINKS Meaning of METHINKS in English ■ verb ( past methought ) archaic or humorous it seems to me.OriginOE mē thyncth , from mē 'to me' + thyncth 'it seems' (from thyncan 'seem', related to think ). Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004