amplushn.

Brit.

/ˈampləʃ/, U.S.

/ˈæmpləʃ/, Irish English

/ˈaːmpləʃ/

Forms: 1800s– amplish, 1800s– amplush.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nonplus n.

Etymology: Variant (with metanalysis: see N n.) of nonplus n.

Irish English.

An extremely difficult or challenging situation; a predicament; a nonplus. Frequently in at (also in) an amplush: at a loss; uncertain as to how to proceed in speech or action.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits

needfulnessc1350

kankedortc1374

pressc1375

needfultya1382

briguec1400

brikec1400

plightc1400

taking?c1425

partyc1440

distrait1477

brakea1529

hot water1537

strait1544

extremes1547

pickle1562

praemunire1595

lock1598

angustiae1653

difficulty1667

scrape1709

premune1758

hole1760

Queer Street1811

warm water1813

strift1815

fix1816

plisky1818

snapper1818

amplush1827

false position1830

bind1851

jackpot1887

tight1896

squeeze1905

jam1914

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > sudden, extreme, or emergency

needOE

needinga1400

exigentc1475

plunge1519

opportunity1526

push1563

dead lift1567

heft1587

exigence1588

exigency1601

emergent1620

lift1624

emergencya1631

emergencea1676

emergementa1734

amplush1827

crisis1848

situation1954

1827 Robin's London & Dublin Mag. June 624 Now, if she met a cockney,..she certainly would be quite at an amplush (as we say in Ireland) to decide, either by his dress or smoking apparatus, to which class of fairy generation she should assign him.

1830 Dublin Lit. Gaz. 27 Feb. 131/1 He was now in the greatest dilemmy, an' did'nt know how to manage, so he was driven at last to such an amplush, that he had no other shift for employment.

1853 ‘P. Peppergrass’ Shandy M'Guire ix. 129 Poor Mary Curran's ghost..prayin' to us this minit, I'll warrint, to help ye in the amplish that yer in.

1910 P. W. Joyce Eng. as we speak it in Ireland xiii. 211 He was in a great amplush.

2017 Irish Times (Nexis) 8 June 15 Amplush: An Irish dialectical term that sounds like a mixture of ‘ambush’ and ‘impasse’, this can be a bit of both.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amplush
释义	amplushn. Brit. /ˈampləʃ/, U.S. /ˈæmpləʃ/, Irish English /ˈaːmpləʃ/ Forms: 1800s– amplish, 1800s– amplush. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nonplus n. Etymology: Variant (with metanalysis: see N n.) of nonplus n. Irish English. An extremely difficult or challenging situation; a predicament; a nonplus. Frequently in at (also in) an amplush: at a loss; uncertain as to how to proceed in speech or action. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits needfulnessc1350 kankedortc1374 pressc1375 needfultya1382 briguec1400 brikec1400 plightc1400 taking?c1425 partyc1440 distrait1477 brakea1529 hot water1537 strait1544 extremes1547 pickle1562 praemunire1595 lock1598 angustiae1653 difficulty1667 scrape1709 premune1758 hole1760 Queer Street1811 warm water1813 strift1815 fix1816 plisky1818 snapper1818 amplush1827 false position1830 bind1851 jackpot1887 tight1896 squeeze1905 jam1914 the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > sudden, extreme, or emergency needOE needinga1400 exigentc1475 plunge1519 opportunity1526 push1563 dead lift1567 heft1587 exigence1588 exigency1601 emergent1620 lift1624 emergencya1631 emergencea1676 emergementa1734 amplush1827 crisis1848 situation1954 1827 Robin's London & Dublin Mag. June 624 Now, if she met a cockney,..she certainly would be quite at an amplush (as we say in Ireland) to decide, either by his dress or smoking apparatus, to which class of fairy generation she should assign him. 1830 Dublin Lit. Gaz. 27 Feb. 131/1 He was now in the greatest dilemmy, an' did'nt know how to manage, so he was driven at last to such an amplush, that he had no other shift for employment. 1853 ‘P. Peppergrass’ Shandy M'Guire ix. 129 Poor Mary Curran's ghost..prayin' to us this minit, I'll warrint, to help ye in the amplish that yer in. 1910 P. W. Joyce Eng. as we speak it in Ireland xiii. 211 He was in a great amplush. 2017 Irish Times (Nexis) 8 June 15 Amplush: An Irish dialectical term that sounds like a mixture of ‘ambush’ and ‘impasse’, this can be a bit of both. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1827
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