- threescore
- adjective Date: 14th century being three times twenty ; sixty
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
threescore
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threescore — ► CARDINAL NUMBER literary ▪ sixty … English terms dictionary
threescore — [thrē′skôr′] adj., n. three times twenty; sixty … English World dictionary
threescore — three|score [ ,θri skɔr ] an old word meaning sixty : threescore years and ten (=70 years): He had lived for threescore years and ten … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
threescore — noun /ˈθriskɔr/ Sixty And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. 1 Chronicles 9:13 … Wiktionary
threescore — /ˈθriskɔ/ (say threeskaw) phrase threescore and ten, seventy years, especially when considered as a marker of old age …
threescore and ten — Seventy • • • Main Entry: ↑three … Useful english dictionary
threescore — /three skawr , skohr /, adj. being or containing three times twenty; sixty. [1350 1400; ME thre scoor. See THREE, SCORE] * * * … Universalium
threescore — three|score [ˈθri:sko: US sko:r] number old use 60 →↑score3 (1) … Dictionary of contemporary English
threescore — adj. sixty … English contemporary dictionary
threescore — cardinal number literary sixty … English new terms dictionary
