welladay
/ˈwɛlədeɪ/exclamation
As an exclamation of sorrow or lamentation: ‘alas!’ Also preceded by ah or O. Now archaic and regional.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in William Elderton (d.?1592), ballad writer. Alteration of wellaway with substitution of day for the ending, after e.g. alack the day; compare e.g. woe worth the day, and also lack-a-day.
- rudyte
- rue
- rue anemone
- rue-bargain
- rue family
- rueful
- ruefully
- ruefulness
- ruel-bone
- rue-leaved
- abstract impressionist
- abstraction
- abstractional
- abstractionism
- abstractionist
- abstraction-monger
- abstractive
- abstractively
- abstractiveness
- abstractly
- abstractness
- abstract noun
- abstract of title
- abstractor
- abstractum