ALACK

Definition: ALACK

ALACK

Interjection

1. An exclamation expressive of sorrow.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "ALACK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Etymology: Alack \A*lack"\, interj. [Probably from ah! lack! Old English lak loss, failure, misfortune. See Lack.]. (Websters 1913)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Lamentation	Interjection: heigh-ho! alas! alack! O dear! ah me! woe is me! lackadaisy! well a day! lack a day! alack a day! wellaway! alas the day! O tempora O mores! what a pity! miserabile dictu! O lud lud! too true!
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: ALACK

English words defined with "ALACK": Lackaday ♦ To try on. (references)

Etymologies containing "ALACK": Alackaday. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Alas and Alack (1915)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Music	Alas Alack [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	Alack, I love myself.
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Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "ALACK": Alack-a-day.
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Language		Translations for "ALACK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Farsi		حیف , افسوس (Ah, Alas, Pity, Regret, Remorse). (various references)

Greek		αλλοίμονο (woe betide). (various references)

Indonesian		alangkah (how !), aduhai (how beautiful, incredible). (various references)

Pig Latin		alackay

Romanian		aoleu (ah, bless me, blow me, chut, come, crikey, cripes, dear me, oh boy, oh dear, oh my, ouch), vai (alas, fie, heigh-ho, lack, lax, my, oh, oh dear, oh me, ouch, well, woe). (various references)

Russian		увы (alas). (various references)

Turkish		yazık (alas, dear, it's a pity, pity, shame, what a pity), vah (eh, woe), eyvah (alas, woe). (various references)

Welsh		och fi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-k-l"
	-1 letter: calk, lack.
	-2 letters: aal, ala, lac.
	-3 letters: aa, al, ka, la.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-k-l"
	+1 letter: jackal.
	+2 letters: alkalic, calpack, catwalk, clarkia, halakic, jackals.
	+3 letters: backhaul, backland, backlash, backslap, backtalk, blackcap, cakewalk, callback, calpacks, catwalks, clambake, clarkias, claybank, coalsack, fallback, flapjack, halfback, lackaday, packable, playback, slapjack, tailback.
	+4 letters: alkalotic, antiblack, applejack, backhauls, backlands, backpedal, backslaps, backslash, backtalks, blackball, blackcaps, blackface, blackhead, blackjack, blackland, blacklead, blackmail, blacktail, cakewalks, callbacks, camelback, clambakes, claybanks, coalsacks, fallbacks, flapjacks, flashback, halfbacks, kalanchoe, lampblack, leaseback, playbacks, slapjacks, spacewalk, stackable, tailbacks, trackball, whaleback.
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