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Alas and ___
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alack
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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.
Usage examples of alack.
Alack Alack, and my only excuse is that Americans are just as bad about baseball.
Let memory lead thee back To where waves Morning her fleur-de-lys, Unflushed at the front of the roseate door Unopened yet: never shadow there Of a Tartarus lighted by Dis For souls whose cry is, alack!
Therefore I grieve, as well I might, Because of my poetic plight-- Though bards and rhymers all I scorn, Alack!