lackaday
21lackadaisical — The word for a casual or lazy thing or person derives from lackaday, an expression of weariness, itself representing alack the day. Alack is based on lack, in the sense loss, and the implication is that something is missing …
22alas — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) interj. alack! woe is me! (See lamentation). II (Roget s IV) interj. Syn. dear, dear me, oh, lackaday, alack, woe, woe is me, too bad, my God, gracious me, gee, tsk tsk …
23lackadaisical — lack|a|dai|si|cal [ˌlækəˈdeızıkəl] adj [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: lackaday expression of sadness (17 19 centuries), from alack the day] not showing enough interest in something or not putting enough effort into it ▪ David has a rather… …
24Forthright's Forsoothery — Zounds! Whosoever shall gaze hither may find a trove of long lost words and betimes cry, Heyday! or Gramercy! No, seriously, though: This word list exemplifies forsoothery (sometimes also known as gadzookery ): archaic terms, especially as used… …
25lackadaisical — [ˌlakə deɪzɪk(ə)l] adjective lacking enthusiasm and thoroughness. Derivatives lackadaisically adverb Origin C18: from the archaic interjection lackaday, lackadaisy (see alack) + ical …
26alack — interj. Alas, lackaday, alackaday, welladay, woe s me …
27lackadaisy — interj. [Used ludicrously for Lackaday.] …
28well-a-day — interj. Alas, lackaday …
29lackadaisical — lack•a•dai•si•cal [[t]ˌlæk əˈdeɪ zɪ kəl[/t]] adj. 1) being without vigor or spirit; listless 2) lazy; indolent • Etymology: 1760–70; lackadais(y), var. of lackaday+ ical lack a•dai′si•cal•ly, adv. lack a•dai′si•cal•ness, n …
30lackadaisical — /lækəˈdeɪzɪkəl / (say lakuh dayzikuhl) adjective 1. careless and indifferent. 2. lacking life and spirit; listless. {lackadaisy, variant of lackaday (See alack) + ical} –lackadaisically, adverb –lackadaisicalness, noun …
