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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.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ALACK

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Noah Webster [Exclamation] An exclamation expressive of sorrow.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Interjection] An expression of sorrow or mourning. On a day (alack the day!) Love, whose month is ever May, Spied a blossom passing fair Playing in the wanton air. - Love's Labour's Lost - Shakespeare. (references)

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