Mehopes

contraction

contraction ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Contraction
  1. 1
    I hope. contraction, nonstandard

    "Gentle maiden, though a captive, mehopes thou hast not found this confinement irksome, […]"

Example

More examples

"Gentle maiden, though a captive, mehopes thou hast not found this confinement irksome, […]"

Etymology

Pseudoarchaism designed to resemble the euarchaic contractions methinks and meseems.

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