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Webster 1913 Edition


Alack

A-lack′

,
int
erj.
[Prob. from
ah! lack!
OE.
lak
loss, failure, misfortune. See
Lack
.]
An exclamation expressive of sorrow.
[Archaic. or Poet.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Alack

ALACK'

, exclam.
An exclamation expressive of sorrow.

Definition 2024


alack

alack

English

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 LostShakespeare

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