fourscore

[ fawr-skawr, fohr-skohr ]

/ ˈfɔrˈskɔr, ˈfoʊrˈskoʊr /

adjective

four times twenty; eighty.

Origin of fourscore

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

Words nearby fourscore

fourplex, fourposter, four questions, fourragère, four-rowed barley, fourscore, foursome, four-spot, foursquare, four-star, four-striper

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Example sentences from the Web for fourscore

At his house in London he supported a family of fourscore persons, without counting those who attended him in public.
Love Romances of the Aristocracy|Thornton Hall
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and young maidens without number.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
I am fourscore, and never had a headache in all my born days—all along of lying among the kye.
The Cloister and the Hearth|Charles Reade
And as long as there remained one of the fourscore knights, he overthrew every one of them at the first onset.
The Mabinogion|Lady Charlotte Guest

They are caught, and the defeat is so decisive that Israel is free again for fourscore years.
Judges and Ruth|Robert A. Watson

British Dictionary definitions for fourscore

fourscore

/ (ˌfɔːˈskɔː) /

determiner

an archaic word for eighty

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单词	fourscore
释义	fourscore [ fawr-skawr, fohr-skohr ] / ˈfɔrˈskɔr, ˈfoʊrˈskoʊr / adjective four times twenty; eighty. Origin of fourscore Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at four, score Words nearby fourscore fourplex, fourposter, four questions, fourragère, four-rowed barley, fourscore, foursome, four-spot, foursquare, four-star, four-striper Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fourscore At his house in London he supported a family of fourscore persons, without counting those who attended him in public. Love Romances of the Aristocracy\|Thornton Hall There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and young maidens without number. The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version\|Various I am fourscore, and never had a headache in all my born days—all along of lying among the kye. The Cloister and the Hearth\|Charles Reade And as long as there remained one of the fourscore knights, he overthrew every one of them at the first onset. The Mabinogion\|Lady Charlotte Guest They are caught, and the defeat is so decisive that Israel is free again for fourscore years. Judges and Ruth\|Robert A. Watson British Dictionary definitions for fourscore fourscore / (ˌfɔːˈskɔː) / determiner an archaic word for eighty Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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