"alack" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English alacke",
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      "expansion": "alagge",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ah",
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      "expansion": "ah + lack",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English alacke, alagge, probably from ah + lack.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "alack and alas"
        },
        {
          "word": "alas and alack"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An expression of sorrow or mourning."
      ],
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        [
          "sorrow",
          "sorrow#English"
        ],
        [
          "mourn",
          "mourn#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "alackaday"
        },
        {
          "word": "alas"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "alacke"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "contraction"
          ],
          "word": "'lack"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "嗚呼"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wūhū",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "呜呼"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "āi zāi",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "哀哉"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "voi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "hélas"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "O weh"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "ach"
        },
        {
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "ayyō",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "ಅಯ್ಯೋ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "ai"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "guai"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uvý",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "увы́"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "ay"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈlæk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alack"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "alack and alas"
    },
    {
      "word": "alas and alack"
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Middle English alacke",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "alagge"
      },
      "expansion": "alagge",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ah",
        "3": "lack"
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      "expansion": "ah + lack",
      "name": "compound"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English alacke, alagge, probably from ah + lack.",
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  "pos": "intj",
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        "An expression of sorrow or mourning."
      ],
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          "sorrow",
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          "mourn",
          "mourn#English"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈlæk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æk"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "alackaday"
    },
    {
      "word": "alas"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "alacke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "contraction"
      ],
      "word": "'lack"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "expression of sorrow",
      "word": "嗚呼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wūhū",
      "sense": "expression of sorrow",
      "word": "呜呼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "āi zāi",
      "sense": "expression of sorrow",
      "word": "哀哉"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "expression of sorrow",
      "word": "voi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "expression of sorrow",
      "word": "hélas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expression of sorrow",
      "word": "O weh"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expression of sorrow",
      "word": "ach"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "ayyō",
      "sense": "expression of sorrow",
      "word": "ಅಯ್ಯೋ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expression of sorrow",
      "word": "ai"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expression of sorrow",
      "word": "guai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uvý",
      "sense": "expression of sorrow",
      "word": "увы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "expression of sorrow",
      "word": "ay"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alack"
}