(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:42:18

A*lack"a*day` (#), interj. [For alack the day. Cf. Lackaday.]

An exclamation expressing sorrow.

⇒ Shakespeare has "alack the day" and "alack the heavy day." Compare "woe worth the day."

 

© Webster 1913.

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