alack

enUK Related to alack: abreast, commemorate, tenacity

a·lack

A0172800 (ə-lăk′)interj. Used to express sorrow, regret, or alarm: "Whatever I long for makes me cry alack. / Whatever I wish, I quickly take it back" (Richard Wilbur).
[On the model of alas; see lack.]

alack

(əˈlæk) or

alackaday

interj an archaic or poetic word for alas[C15: from a ah! + lack loss, lack]

a•lack

(əˈlæk)

interj. Archaic. (used as an exclamation of sorrow, regret, or dismay.) [1480–90; presumably ah + lack]
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