"alack" meaning in English

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          "word": "alack and alas"
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          "ref": "c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 133:",
          "text": "On a day, alack the day: / Loue, whoſe Month is euery May, / Spied a bloſſome paſſing faire, / Playing in the wanton ayre:",
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          "text": "Alack, would that Edward listened more to me and less to the queen’s kith! These Woodvilles!",
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          "word": "alackaday"
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          "word": "alas"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "嗚呼"
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          "roman": "wūhū",
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          "roman": "āi zāi",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "哀哉"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "voi"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "hélas"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "O weh"
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          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "ach"
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          "roman": "ayyō",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "ಅಯ್ಯೋ"
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          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
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          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
          "word": "guai"
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          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "expression of sorrow",
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      "ipa": "/əˈlæk/"
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      "rhymes": "-æk"
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  "word": "alack"
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          "text": "On a day, alack the day: / Loue, whoſe Month is euery May, / Spied a bloſſome paſſing faire, / Playing in the wanton ayre:",
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