Meanings
contraction
- contractionnonstandardI hope.
Gentle maiden, though a captive, mehopes thou hast not found this confinement irksome, […]
1860?, in Godey's Magazine, volumes 60-61, page 424
Origin
Pseudoarchaism designed to resemble the euarchaic contractions methinks and meseems.
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mehopes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mehopes
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