alack

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æk

Interjection

alack

1. An expression of sorrow or mourning.

   On a day (alack the day!)

   Love, whose month is ever May,

   Spied a blossom passing fair

   Playing in the wanton air. – Love's Labour's Lost – Shakespeare

Translations

Synonyms

• alas

Derived terms

• alack and alas