lackaday

[ lak-uh-dey ]

/ ˈlæk əˌdeɪ /

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interjection Archaic.

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

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Origin of lackaday

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

Words nearby lackaday

lacinia, laciniate, lac insect, lack, lackadaisical, lackaday, Lackawanna, lacker, lackey, lackey moth, lacking

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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.
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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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British Dictionary definitions for lackaday

lackaday

/ (ˈlækəˌdeɪ) /

interjection

archaic another word for alas

Word Origin for lackaday

C17: from alack the day

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