alas

3 definitions found

alas - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alas \A*las"\, interj. [OE. alas, allas, OF. alas, F. h['e]las;
     a interj. (L. ah.) + las wretched (that I am), L. lassus
     weary, akin to E. late. See Late.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

alas - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  alas
      adv 1: by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I
             cannot stay" [syn: unfortunately, unluckily,
             regrettably, alas] [ant: as luck would have it,
             fortuitously, fortunately, luckily]

alas - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  ALAS
         Asociacion Latinoamericana de Seguridad (org.)