lackadaisyint.n.adj.
/ˈlakəˌdeɪzi/ = lack-a-day int., hence as n. the utterance of the interjection; an instance of this; as adj. = lackadaisical adj.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective] > shallowly
lackadaisy1748
lackadaisical1768
sensibilitous1811
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [interjection] > specific cry of grief
woeeOE
wellawayeOE
weilac1000
wellawayOE
wellaOE
woe is meOE
wummec1175
wia1200
outa1225
alas?c1225
walec1275
ac1300
whilec1402
ochonea1425
wellesay?1440
wannowec1450
helas1484
ah1509
ocha1522
ah me!a1547
wougha1556
eh1569
welladay1570
how1575
wellanear1581
ay me!1591
lasa1593
wella, welladay1601
good lack!1638
oime1660
pillaloo1663
wellanearing1683
lack-a-day1695
wasteheart1695
walya1724
lackadaisy1748
ochree1748
waesucks1773
well-a-winsa1774
ullagone1819
wirra1825
mavrone1827
wirrasthru1827
ototoi1877
wurra1898
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. viii. 56 She exclaimed, ‘Good lack a daisy! the rogue is fled!’
1792 J. Wolcot P. Pindar's Wks. III. 38 The Swain, in Lack a daisy sort, Held down his head as sorry for't.
1796 M. Edgeworth Barring Out in Parent's Assistant (ed. 2) I. 164 The carpenter..said ‘lack-a-daisy!’ when he saw that the old theatre was pulled down.
1825 R. P. Ward Tremaine II. xii. 121 She, with many lack-a-daisies, begged her to come in and dry herself.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Lackadaisy, alack; alas!
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int.n.adj.1748