alack

Etymology

From Middle English alacke, alagge, probably from ah + lack.

intj

  1. An expression of sorrow or mourning.
    On a day (alack the day!) Love, whose month is ever May, Spied a blossom passing fair Playing in the wanton air. 1595-96, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act IV, Scene iii

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