Alas

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alas \A*las"\, interj. [OE. alas, allas, OF. alas, F. h['e]las;
     a interj. (L. ah.) + las wretched (that I am), L. lassus
     weary, akin to E. late. See {Late}.]
     An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of
     evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white;
     alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  alas
       adv : by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I
             cannot stay" [syn: {unfortunately}, {unluckily}, {regrettably}]
             [ant: {fortunately}, {fortunately}]