lackaday

[ lak-uh-dey ]

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

Origin of lackaday

1
First recorded in 1685–95; alteration of alack the day

Words Nearby lackaday

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How to use lackaday in a sentence

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

    The Mountebank | William J. Locke
  • During the talk which followed the discovery of our former meeting, I reported to Colonel lackaday these encomiums of years ago.

    The Mountebank | William J. Locke
  • But from the spoken or written word of Andrew lackaday I have not been able to glean a grain of knowledge.

    The Mountebank | William J. Locke
  • But the next day she set herself to satisfy her entirely unreprehensible curiosity concerning Colonel lackaday.

    The Mountebank | William J. Locke
  • Towards lunch time lackaday and I, chance companions, strolled towards the house.

    The Mountebank | William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for lackaday

lackaday

/ (ˈlækəˌdeɪ) /


interjection
  1. archaic another word for alas

Origin of lackaday

1
C17: from alack the day

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