fourscore
Eighty, old style
Fourscore is an archaic or literary way of saying eighty.
A score is twenty, so fourscore is four twenties.
The word survives mainly through Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation.
Eight times ten
- octogenarianPerson in ninth decade
- countingDetermining quantity sequentially
- quantityMeasurable amount present
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
arithmetic · integer · even · digit · decimal · calculation · measure · tally
Midwestern state capital
- addressSpeak to formally
- orationFormal public speech
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
Gettysburg · emancipation · union · republic · democracy · freedom · consecrate · perish
Ten-year periods
- lifespanTotal existence duration
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- long-livedHaving extended lifespan
duration · elderly · milestone · years · persistence · tenure · continuity · resilience
Total existence duration
Old and outdated
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
- vintageQuality from past eras
poetic · formal · literary · bygone · classical · traditional
eighty
Eight times ten
- octogenarianPerson in ninth decade
- countingDetermining quantity sequentially
- quantityMeasurable amount present
multiplication · arithmetic · integer · even · digit · decimal · calculation · measure · tally · numeral
Lincoln
Midwestern state capital
- addressSpeak to formally
- orationFormal public speech
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
dedication · Gettysburg · emancipation · union · republic · democracy · freedom · consecrate · perish · devotion
decades
Ten-year periods
- lifespanTotal existence duration
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
long-lived · duration · elderly · milestone · years · persistence · tenure · continuity · resilience · lifetime
lifespan
Total existence duration
antiquated
Old and outdated
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
vintage · poetic · formal · literary · bygone · classical · traditional
fourscorecountless
Too numerous to count
innumerable · numberless · uncountable · infinite · indefinite
score, four, scores, forty, scoring, fourteen, rescore, scoresheet, unscored