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woe (wō)

noun

  1. great sorrow; grief; misery
  2. a cause of sorrow; affliction; trouble

Etymology: ME wo < OE wa, woe < IE interj. *wai- > ON væ, Goth wai, Welsh gwae, L vae

interjection

alas

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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