threescore

[ three-skawr, -skohr ]

adjective

1. being or containing three times twenty; sixty.

threescore

/ ˈθriːˈskɔː /

determiner

1. See sixty
   an archaic word for sixty

Word History and Origins

Origin of threescore¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, threescore is from Middle English thre scoor. See three, score

Example Sentences

And Darius, the Mede, succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore and two years old.

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And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written: 7:17.

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Elders of threescore demand an entrance upon the strength of risqué stories sprung from garrison-towns and college common-rooms.

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The estates that were rented at two thousand pounds a year threescore years ago, are at three thousand pounds at present.

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But her simplicity of living saved her, and she is still hale and hearty, though she has passed the limit of threescore and ten.

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