fourscoreadj.

Brit.

/ˌfɔːˈskɔː/, U.S.

/ˌfɔrˈskɔr/

Etymology: < four adj. + score n.

Four times twenty, eighty. Formerly current as an ordinary numeral; now archaic or rhetorical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > eighty

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1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 382 Þo deyde he in þe ȝer of grace of þousend..And four score and seuene.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2911 Fowre score ger he was hold.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 754 If in myghtfulnes four score yhere falle, Mare es thair swynk and sorow with-alle.

c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 58 The fourescore and nynthe Psalme.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iii. 75 At seauenteene yeeres, many their fortunes seeke But at fourescore, it is too late a weeke.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. i. 56 I haue liued foure-score yeeres, and vpward.

c1720 M. Prior Daphne & Apollo 70 We mortals seldom live above fourscore.

1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1514 An Italian book..written by one Alberti, about fourscore or a hundred years ago.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 64 Nestor who came To war on Troy with four~score ships and ten.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 5 The four-score volumes which he wrote are the monument,..of a new renascence.

1878 O. W. Holmes School-boy (1879) 73 Fourscore, like twenty, has its tasks and toys.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fourscore
释义	fourscoreadj. Brit. /ˌfɔːˈskɔː/, U.S. /ˌfɔrˈskɔr/ Etymology: < four adj. + score n. Four times twenty, eighty. Formerly current as an ordinary numeral; now archaic or rhetorical. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > eighty eightyc825 fourscore1297 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 382 Þo deyde he in þe ȝer of grace of þousend..And four score and seuene. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2911 Fowre score ger he was hold. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 754 If in myghtfulnes four score yhere falle, Mare es thair swynk and sorow with-alle. c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 58 The fourescore and nynthe Psalme. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iii. 75 At seauenteene yeeres, many their fortunes seeke But at fourescore, it is too late a weeke. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. i. 56 I haue liued foure-score yeeres, and vpward. View more context for this quotation c1720 M. Prior Daphne & Apollo 70 We mortals seldom live above fourscore. 1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1514 An Italian book..written by one Alberti, about fourscore or a hundred years ago. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 64 Nestor who came To war on Troy with four~score ships and ten. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 5 The four-score volumes which he wrote are the monument,..of a new renascence. 1878 O. W. Holmes School-boy (1879) 73 Fourscore, like twenty, has its tasks and toys. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1297
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