alas : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: alas	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alas adv by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay" Synonym(s): unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alas Antonym(s): as luck would have it, fortuitously, fortunately, luckily
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alas \Alas"\, interj. [OE. alas, allas, OF. alas, F. h[82]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.