Pronunciation : A*las"
Part of Speech : interj.
Etymology : [OE. alas, allas, OF. alas, F. h?las; a interj. (L. ah.) + las wretched (that I am), L. lassus weary, akin to E. late. See Late.]
Definition : Defn: An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913