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alas, int.|əˈlɑːs, -æ-|
Also 4– allas, 4 alaas, allaas. Sc. 4–7 allace, alace. Aphet. 6–7 'las, lass.
[a. OFr. ha las, a las (mod.Fr. hé -las), f. ha! = ah! + las, lasse wretched, orig. ‘weary’:—L. lassum weary. Cf. Pr. ai las; It. ahi lasso. In these languages the adj. took the gender of the speaker, las, lasso; lasse, lassa. The later Fr. form helas! is occas. found in Eng.; also in 16th c. an aphetic 'las!]
An exclamation expressive of unhappiness, grief, sorrow, pity, or concern. Occ. with dat. obj., or with for.
c1260Signs bef. Judg. in E.E.P. (1862) 10 Alas louerd wat sul we tak we þat abbiþ sin i-wroȝt. c1386Chaucer Sqr.'s T. 491 That I was bred, allas that harde day. c1394P. Pl. Crede 754 Alaas! þat lordes of þe londe · leueþ swiche wrechen. c1400Destr. Troy xxiv. 9716 Hit happis vs suche harmes to haue now, alace. c1525Skelton Col. Cloute 1022 Helas! I say, helas! How may this come to passe? a1593Marlowe Jew of M. iv. iii. 314 'Las, I could weep at your calamity! 1604Shakes. Oth. iv. ii. 42 Alas the heauy day: why do you weepe? 1667Milton P.L. x. 461 Alas, both for the deed and for the cause! 1842J. H. Newman Par. Serm. VI. iii. 32 Alas for our easy sensual life. 1870Morris Earthly Par. I. i. 36 Alas, the happy day! the foolish day! Alas! the sweet time, too soon passed away! |