fourscore

/ˈfɔːskɔː/

Etymology

From four + score.

fourscore means A quantity or amount of eighty. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 78 out of 100.

fourscore is pronounced /ˈfɔːskɔː/.

Why “fourscore” is a great word

FOURSCORE — [Noun] A quantity of eighty, or a lifespan reckoned as eighty years. From the English words 'four' and 'score' (meaning a group or set of twenty). Unlike 'eighty'—a neutral, modern cardinal—or 'octogenarian'—which specifies the person, 'fourscore' is the archaic quantity itself, weighted with ritual cadence. It is the shepherd's tally of four flocks of twenty, the formal recitation of a lineage in the Book of Chronicles, the specific heft of a lifetime given in a great address—a numeral that measures a span with the gravity of an epoch, counted in the ancient, human arithmetic of time.

noun

A quantity or amount of eighty.“W. J. Davis, a retired missionary, a veteran in the fourscores of his years.”

num

Eighty.“Thou ſtick'ſt a dagger in me, I ſhall neuer ſee my gold againe, foureſcore ducats at aſitting, foureſcore ducats.”
A full-length life, reckoned as eighty years.“[…] I know every life is equally sacred, but that is a thought, another thought, I mean, all these valuable people who aren’t going to have their normal fourscore as it is now, these people aren’t going to be replaced, and it’s such a loss to the culture.”