welladay

English

Interjection

welladay

1. variant form of wellaway; alas.
   • 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet:

     Alacke the time that ever I was borne, / To be partaker of this destinie. / Alacke the day, alacke and welladay.

   • 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere:

     Ah! wel-a-day! what evil looks / Had I from old and young; / Instead of the Cross the Albatross / About my neck was hung.

Noun

welladay (plural welladays)

1. A cry of "welladay".