threescoreadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌθriːˈskɔː/,

/ˈθriːskɔː/, U.S.

/ˈˌθriˈskɔr/

Forms: see three adj. and n. and score n.

Etymology: score n. 16.

archaic.

a. Three times twenty; sixty. (Formerly sometimes written in Roman numerals, iij^xx.)

ΘΚΠ

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

sixtyc893

threescorea1425

sexagesime1632

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Lev. xii. 5 Thre scoor and sixe daies.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vi. viii. 194 I wil delyuer al the prysoners that I haue that is thre score and foure.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxxxix. [xc.] 10 The dayes of oure age are iij. score yeares & ten.

1599 in Thanes of Cawdor (Spalding Club) 218 Violentlie cuttit doun iij^xx dussonis young growand treis.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 529 Almost three score miles in length.

1700 J. Dryden To my Kinsman J. Driden in Fables 97 But we, their Sons, a pamper'd Race of men, Are dwindl'd down to threescore Years and ten.

1741 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 22 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) II. 475 Very long ships, rowed by oars, some of forty, some of fifty, and threescore oars.

1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. Introd. 22 The brave soldier had already numbered, nearly or quite, his threescore years and ten.

1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad ii. 3 Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 651 Evermoving from immeasurably remote eons to infinitely remote futures in comparison with which the years, threescore and ten, of allotted human life formed a parenthesis of infinitesimal brevity.

1977 Drive Mar.–Apr. 44/3 Cyril shed..more than threescore pounds of weight from his celebrated 28-stone frame.

1977 Chicago Tribune Mag. 2 Oct. 49/1 Those of us who have attained ‘three score years and ten’ more often now look backward with nostalgia, remembering the years when we were younger.

b. absol. with ellipsis of years, in reference to age; hence as n. the age of sixty years, or transferred a person of this age. So threescore (years) and ten, seventy years.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [noun] > specific age

yearOE

scorea1400

seventeena1568

threescorea1616

jubileea1640

military age1656

legal age1658

tecnogoniaa1676

sixty1717

forty1732

fifty1738

seven-year-old1762

teen1789

septuagenarianism1824

sexagenarianism1824

day-old1831

seventeen-year-old1858

centenarianism1863

roaring forties1867

twenties1874

leaving age1875

school-leaving age1881

octogenarianism1883

reading age1906

three1909

teenage1912

eleven-plus1937

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years

hendecadOE

a week of yearsa1382

weekc1384

Olympiada1387

lustre1387

yearc1425

millenary1551

prenticeship1553

septenary1576

lustrum1590

quinquennal1590

seventy1590

septimane1603

quinquennie1606

threescore (years) and tena1616

duodecad1621

quinquennium1621

jubilee1643

quadrenniala1646

chiliad1653

septennary1659

septennium1660

triennial1661

millennium1664

tetraëterid1678

octennial1679

duodenary1681

quadrennium1779

septenniad1836

quinquenniad1842

milliad1843

tricentenary1846

triennium1847

vicennium1847

bimillenary1850

lustration1853

sexennium1858

septennate1874

quinquennial1877

pentad1880

sexennate1898

aeon1960

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > sixty > sixty things, persons, etc.

threescorea1616

tally1851

the world > people > person > person of specific age > [noun]

one-year-old?1609

cinquanter1611

sexagenariana1646

septuagene1657

quintagenarian1687

threescore1721

septuagenarian1744

centenarian1747

seven-year-old1762

septuagenary1792

centenary1800

nonagenarian1804

sexagenary1814

octogenarian1815

nine-year-old1828

octogenary1828

semi-centenarian1828

quinquagenarian1830

quadragenarian1839

seventeen-year-old1858

70-year-old1870

twenty-firster1912

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iv. 1 Old man. Threescore and ten I can remember well.

1721 E. Young Revenge ii. 18 And reverend Grey Threescore is but a Voucher.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 14 The gay grandsire..Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore.

1822 J. Galt Provost xl. 299 The worthy man was hale and hearty, not exceeding three score and seven.

1912 N.E.D. at Threescore Mod. He has long passed the three score and ten.

†c. Used as ordinal numeral (threescore and one = sixty-first). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

sixtiethc960

sixty1483

threescorth1571

threescore1596

1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. vi. xiii. 239 The King..when he died was well forward in the threescore and one yeere.

Derivatives

† threescorth adj. [-th suffix²] Obsolete sixtieth.

ΘΚΠ

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

sixtiethc960

sixty1483

threescorth1571

threescore1596

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xlv. 1) The threescorthe Psalme is intytled (A Lilly).

1657 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia 40 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) Acacanius the threescoreth [1676 threescorth] King of the Scots.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	threescore
释义	threescoreadj.n. Brit. /ˌθriːˈskɔː/, /ˈθriːskɔː/, U.S. /ˈˌθriˈskɔr/ Forms: see three adj. and n. and score n. Etymology: score n. 16. archaic. a. Three times twenty; sixty. (Formerly sometimes written in Roman numerals, iij^xx.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > sixty sixtyc893 threescorea1425 sexagesime1632 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Lev. xii. 5 Thre scoor and sixe daies. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vi. viii. 194 I wil delyuer al the prysoners that I haue that is thre score and foure. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxxxix. [xc.] 10 The dayes of oure age are iij. score yeares & ten. 1599 in Thanes of Cawdor (Spalding Club) 218 Violentlie cuttit doun iij^xx dussonis young growand treis. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 529 Almost three score miles in length. 1700 J. Dryden To my Kinsman J. Driden in Fables 97 But we, their Sons, a pamper'd Race of men, Are dwindl'd down to threescore Years and ten. 1741 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 22 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) II. 475 Very long ships, rowed by oars, some of forty, some of fifty, and threescore oars. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. Introd. 22 The brave soldier had already numbered, nearly or quite, his threescore years and ten. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad ii. 3 Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 651 Evermoving from immeasurably remote eons to infinitely remote futures in comparison with which the years, threescore and ten, of allotted human life formed a parenthesis of infinitesimal brevity. 1977 Drive Mar.–Apr. 44/3 Cyril shed..more than threescore pounds of weight from his celebrated 28-stone frame. 1977 Chicago Tribune Mag. 2 Oct. 49/1 Those of us who have attained ‘three score years and ten’ more often now look backward with nostalgia, remembering the years when we were younger. b. absol. with ellipsis of years, in reference to age; hence as n. the age of sixty years, or transferred a person of this age. So threescore (years) and ten, seventy years. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [noun] > specific age yearOE scorea1400 seventeena1568 threescorea1616 jubileea1640 military age1656 legal age1658 tecnogoniaa1676 sixty1717 forty1732 fifty1738 seven-year-old1762 teen1789 septuagenarianism1824 sexagenarianism1824 day-old1831 seventeen-year-old1858 centenarianism1863 roaring forties1867 twenties1874 leaving age1875 school-leaving age1881 octogenarianism1883 reading age1906 three1909 teenage1912 eleven-plus1937 the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years hendecadOE a week of yearsa1382 weekc1384 Olympiada1387 lustre1387 yearc1425 millenary1551 prenticeship1553 septenary1576 lustrum1590 quinquennal1590 seventy1590 septimane1603 quinquennie1606 threescore (years) and tena1616 duodecad1621 quinquennium1621 jubilee1643 quadrenniala1646 chiliad1653 septennary1659 septennium1660 triennial1661 millennium1664 tetraëterid1678 octennial1679 duodenary1681 quadrennium1779 septenniad1836 quinquenniad1842 milliad1843 tricentenary1846 triennium1847 vicennium1847 bimillenary1850 lustration1853 sexennium1858 septennate1874 quinquennial1877 pentad1880 sexennate1898 aeon1960 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > sixty > sixty things, persons, etc. threescorea1616 tally1851 the world > people > person > person of specific age > [noun] one-year-old?1609 cinquanter1611 sexagenariana1646 septuagene1657 quintagenarian1687 threescore1721 septuagenarian1744 centenarian1747 seven-year-old1762 septuagenary1792 centenary1800 nonagenarian1804 sexagenary1814 octogenarian1815 nine-year-old1828 octogenary1828 semi-centenarian1828 quinquagenarian1830 quadragenarian1839 seventeen-year-old1858 70-year-old1870 twenty-firster1912 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iv. 1 Old man. Threescore and ten I can remember well. 1721 E. Young Revenge ii. 18 And reverend Grey Threescore is but a Voucher. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 14 The gay grandsire..Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. 1822 J. Galt Provost xl. 299 The worthy man was hale and hearty, not exceeding three score and seven. 1912 N.E.D. at Threescore Mod. He has long passed the three score and ten. †c. Used as ordinal numeral (threescore and one = sixty-first). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > sixty > sixtieth sixtiethc960 sixty1483 threescorth1571 threescore1596 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. vi. xiii. 239 The King..when he died was well forward in the threescore and one yeere. Derivatives † threescorth adj. [-th suffix²] Obsolete sixtieth. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > sixty > sixtieth sixtiethc960 sixty1483 threescorth1571 threescore1596 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xlv. 1) The threescorthe Psalme is intytled (A Lilly). 1657 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia 40 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) Acacanius the threescoreth [1676 threescorth] King of the Scots. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1425
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