lackaday

[ lak-uh-dey ]

interjection

, Archaic.

1. (used as an expression of regret, sorrow, dismay, or disapproval.)

lackaday

/ ˈlækəˌdeɪ /

interjection

1. archaic.
   another word for alas

Word History and Origins

Origin of lackaday¹

First recorded in 1685–95; alteration of alack the day

Word History and Origins

Origin of lackaday¹

C17: from alack the day

Example Sentences

Lackaday, Master, but your exterior is not very prepossessing.

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Let only one catch my fancy--lackaday! either some one takes her, or she is in love with somebody else.

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Lackaday, wench! what have I done to redden thy brow?" interrupted Mr. Warden, with a face of perplexed good humour, unable longer to bear the storm of rebuke, or to parry the arguments which were so eagerly thrust at him; "I warrant now I have made mischief without knowing how!

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"Ah!" says the other, "woe and lackaday!"

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His kindness and courtesy have a favorable impression upon the social life of which he is the leader; but the weak chin and irresolute mouth tell a different tale when fighting his country's battles, and, lackaday, this has been proved over and over again already.

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