The word sesquidecade means 'a period of one and a half decades.' i.e. 15 years.
Note: Although the word is in use, we have yet to find it listed in any English dictionary.
Type your answer here... Forty years is 4 decades or two score years.
score and a half. or three decades. Also the period oft accorded to delineate a 'generation'
You may be thinking of a "score", as in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address ('Four score and seven years ago' means 87 years ago.)It is also called two decades.
Oh, dude, a period of 60 years is called a "sexagenary cycle." Yeah, I know, sounds fancy, right? It's like when you hit that milestone birthday and suddenly you're not just 59 anymore, you're entering a whole new cycle of life. So, if you're ever wondering what to call those 60 years, now you know - it's a sexagenary cycle.
Translation: "I am 15 years old, and you?"
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A period of 100 years is called a century.
A period of 10 years is called a decade.
A period of 100 years is called a century.
A period of ten years is a decade.
The period of 100 years is called a century. A period of 10 years is a decade, and 1000 years is a millennium.
1.5 decades (15 years does not have a specific name for that period of time.)
Type your answer here... Forty years is 4 decades or two score years.
75 years is equivalent to 3/4 of a century
It has no individual name
a five-year period is a quinquennium
It is called nine centuries.