threescore en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈθɹiskɔɹ/ (US)
Etymology
From three + score. Compare the etymology of Danish tres.
Meanings
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(archaic) Sixty (60).
Words cannot picture her; but all men know That solemn sketch the pure sad artist wrought Three centuries and threescore years ago
1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XXIAnd their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand, and seuen hundred and threescore, very able men for the worke of the seruice of the house of God.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 9:13:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| threescores | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
pl kopa (sixty) · fr trois vingts (sixty)