fourscore

[fawr-skawr, fohr-skohr]

adjective

1. four times twenty; eighty.

fourscore

/ ˌfɔːˈskɔː /

determiner

1. an archaic word for eighty

Word History and Origins

Origin of fourscore¹

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; four, score

Example Sentences

On the floor of the California Assembly--where conduct runs from informal to rowdy amid fourscore voices slicing and dicing in partisan disunity--volcanic John Burton fits right in.

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The fourscore felines are shy but ready to be taken in by cat lovers, according to the Riverside County Department of Animal Services.

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In the words of the Psalms, “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow.”

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A survey of the fourscore movies officially selected by their nations for Oscar consideration in the foreign-language film category offers both idiosyncratic perspectives and surprisingly familiar approaches.

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The kings and common folk, courtiers and soldiers in these productions add up to threescore or fourscore.

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