fourscore

[ fawr-skawr, fohr-skohr ]

adjective

1. four times twenty; eighty.

fourscore

/ ˌfɔːˈskɔː /

determiner

1. See eighty
   an archaic word for eighty

Word History and Origins

Origin of fourscore¹

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

Example Sentences

At 82, Lloyd is the same age range as Lear, “fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less.”

From Washington Post

And went to the king, promising him three hundred and sixty talents of silver, and out of other revenues fourscore talents.

From Project Gutenberg

One other suit there is better than that; but very many lots of three and fourscore pounds.

From Project Gutenberg

Then came the roar of the first gun, fired by old Mr. Ruffin, gray-haired, nearly fourscore.

From Project Gutenberg

The first to manifest itself in childhood, it was still active at the age of fourscore.

From Project Gutenberg

And now hath every city sent up her tale of men: The foot are fourscore thousand, the horse are thousands ten.

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