welladay

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noun

A cry of "welladay".

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Meanings

interjection
  1. variantvariant form of wellaway; alas.

    Alacke the time that ever I was borne, / To be partaker of this destinie. / Alacke the day, alacke and welladay.

    1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
    1 more example

    Ah! wel-a-day! what evil looks / Had I from old and young; / Instead of the Cross the Albatross / About my neck was hung.

    1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere
nounwelladay (plural welladays)

plural welladays

  1. A cry of "welladay".
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APA

welladay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/welladay

MLA

“welladay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/welladay. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “welladay,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/welladay.

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