English-Thai Dictionary

alack

INT อนิจจา  คำอุทาน แสดง ความเสียใจ หรือ แปลกใจ  a-nid-ja

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALACK

exclam. An exclamation expressive of sorrow.

 

ALACKADAY

An exclamation uttered to express regret or sorrow.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALACK

A *lack ", interj. Etym: [Prob. from ah! lack! OE. lak loss, failure, misfortune. See Lack. ]

 

Defn: An exclamation expressive of sorrow. [Archaic. or Poet. ] Shak.

 

ALACKADAY

A *lack "a *day `, interj. Etym: [For alack the day. Cf. Lackaday. ]

 

Defn: An exclamation expressing sorrow.

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

alack

a lack |əˈlak əˈlæk |(also alack-a-day ) ▶exclam. archaic an expression of regret or dismay. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from ah + lack .

 

Oxford Dictionary

alack

alack |əˈlak |(also alack-a-day ) ▶exclamation archaic used to express regret or dismay. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from ah + lack .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

alack(aday)

a lack (a day )/əlǽk (ədèɪ )/間投詞 ｟古 ｠ああ, 悲しいかな (alas ) (!悲しみ 後悔 落胆などを表す ) .