alas
alas inter
OFr ah! + las, wretched, weary.
- Woe!; ah!; ay me! [expression of concern, unhappiness, grief, heartache, misery, pain, loss.]
alas n
see alas, inter.
- Exclamation; cry of pain, loss, sorrow.
- Desolation; bleakness; sorrow; affliction; hardship.