ALACK A*lack", interj. Etym: [Prob. from ah! lack! OE. lak loss, failure, misfortune. See Lack.]
Defn: An exclamation expressive of sorrow. [Archaic. or Poet.] Shak.
ALACKADAY
A*lack"a*day`, interj. Etym: [For alack the day. Cf. Lackaday.]
Defn: An exclamation expressing sorrow.
Note: Shakespeare has "alack the day" and "alack the heavy day."
Compare "woe worth the day."
ALACRIFY
A*lac"ri*fy, v. t. Etym: [L. alacer, alacris, lively + -fly.]
Defn: To rouse to action; to inspirit.
ALACRIOUS
A*lac"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. alacer, alacris.]
Defn: Brisk; joyously active; lively.
'T were well if we were a little more alacrious. Hammond.
ALACRIOUSLY
A*lac"ri*ous*ly, adv.