fourscore

American  

[fawr-skawr, fohr-skohr] / ˈfɔrˈskɔr, ˈfoʊrˈskoʊr /

adjective

1. four times twenty; eighty.

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fourscore British  

/ ˌfɔːˈskɔː /

determiner

1. an archaic word for eighty

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Etymology

Origin of fourscore

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

Example Sentences

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fourscore

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2023

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.”

From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2017

At 78, Mr. Petherbridge, hasn’t quite reached fourscore, but he’s had a long and eventful career.

From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2015

Toward the end of our play, King Lear explicitly states his age: “I am a very foolish, fond old man, fourscore and upwards, not an hour more or less.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2014

This Prince, who was then fourscore Years of Age, had nevertheless all the Presence of Mind and all the Vigour of a Man of thirty.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by Karl Ludwig von P?llnitz