Alack
(used as an exclamation of sorrow, regret, or dismay.)
Contemporary Examples
Oh, alas and alack (goes the argument), if only we could make peace with the Palestinians!
Senior Netanyahu Adviser Admits Fayyad Was A Partner For Peace Emily L. Hauser April 23, 2013
Historical Examples
alack, I cannot sleep a wink myself, so as sorrow loves sympathy, I came to have a chat with you.
The World Before Them Susanna Moodie
With the foils I But, alas and alack, you care not for tales of that sort.
Ainslee’s, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Various
Melisso and Giosefo stood watching this and said often to the muleteer, ‘alack, wretch that thou art, what dost thou?
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio
On hearing that everything was as it should be, I went to bed, but, alack!
A Poor Man’s House Stephen Sydney Reynolds
alack, would that Edward listened more to me and less to the queen’s kith!
The Last Of The Barons, Complete Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The lady pulled a demure face and said, ‘alack, wretched me!
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio
A black crack of noise in the street here, alack, bawled back.
Ulysses James Joyce
Calandrino incontinent began to quake and said, ‘alack, how so?
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio
alack and aday, that snare of the devil, his waste basket, was misplaced.
The Triumph of Virginia Dale John Francis, Jr.
interjection
an archaic or poetic word for alas
late 15c., from ah, lack, from lack in Middle English sense of “loss, failure, reproach, shame.” Originally an expression of dissatisfaction, later of regret or unpleasant surprise.
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