From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) [vera]:
ALAS
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