mehopes
English
Etymology
Apparently a neologistic pseudo-archaism, designed to resemble methinks. Compare meseems, which is genuinely archaic.
Contraction
mehopes
- (nonstandard) I hope.
- 1860?, in Godey's Magazine, volumes 60-61, page 424:
- "Gentle maiden, though a captive, mehopes thou hast not found this confinement irksome, […] "
- 1860?, in Godey's Magazine, volumes 60-61, page 424:
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