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Alas
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example Sentences
- Good things usually come in threes but, alas, not here.
- But alas, that time has passed.
- But, alas, they show the effects.
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Word Origin & History
alas
mid-13c., from O.Fr. ha, las (later Fr. hélas), from ha "ah" + las "unfortunate," originally "tired, weary," from L. lassus "weary" (see late). Originally an expression of weariness rather than woe.
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