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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lackaday1

First recorded in 1685–95; alteration of alack the day
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lackaday1

C17: from alack the day
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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