fourscore

C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity
US /ˈfɔrˈskɔr/ UK /ˈfɔːskɔː/
num noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    num

    eighty (four times twenty)

    He lived to the ripe age of fourscore years.

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Synonyms
1 num · eighty (four times twenty) eighty
Word family
Related forms scorefour

Etymology

From Middle English four score, from four + score ('twenty'), the latter from Old English scoru ('group of twenty, notch'), from Old Norse skor ('notch, tally').

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