Fourscore
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfɔːskɔː/ · Part of speech numeral
Quick meaning: Fourscore is a numeral meaning (now archaic) Eighty.
Meaning
(now archaic) Eighty.
More Meanings
- (idiomatic) A full-length life, reckoned as eighty years.
- A quantity or amount of eighty.
Example Sentences
W. J. Davis, a retired missionary, a veteran in the fourscores of his years.
Euen thoſe that were numbꝛed of them, were eight thouſand, and fiue hundꝛed, and foureſcoꝛe.
Thou ſtick'ſt a dagger in me, I ſhall neuer ſee my gold againe, foureſcore ducats at aſitting, foureſcore ducats.
Old Martha was standing at a table trussing a pair of chickens for the market stall as she had trussed them for nearly fourscore years.
Word Forms
- four score
- four-score
- fourscores
Synonyms for fourscore
Depending on context, synonyms include cardinal, eighty.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cardinal, eighty, eightscore, twoscore, threescore, eighty-fourth.
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