FromMiddle Frenchaymi.^[1]

ayme

1. (now archaic) Expressinggrief,sorrow etc.
   • c.1594 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,(please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Ay me, it is my husband.

   • 1603,Michel de Montaigne, translated byJohn Florio,The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes forEdward Blount […],→OCLC:
     , II. 8:

     Ay-me, to whom did I reserve, to discover that singular and loving affection, which in my soule I bare unto him?

   • 1667,John Milton, “Book LXXXIX”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC, lines76-77:

     Ay me! they little know / How dearly I abide that boast so vain […].

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