lackaday

[ lak-uh-dey ]

interjection

, Archaic.

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

lackaday

/ ˈlækəˌdeɪ /

interjection

1. See alas
   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

Whereupon Lackaday Père went out and hanged himself from a cross-beam in an empty stable.

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During the talk which followed the discovery of our former meeting, I reported to Colonel Lackaday these encomiums of years ago.

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But from the spoken or written word of Andrew Lackaday I have not been able to glean a grain of knowledge.

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But the next day she set herself to satisfy her entirely unreprehensible curiosity concerning Colonel Lackaday.

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Towards lunch time Lackaday and I, chance companions, strolled towards the house.

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