ambuscade n.

1580s, "act of lying concealed for the purpose of attacking by surprise," essentially a variant form of ambush (q.v.), "now more formal as a military term" [OED]. It is a reborrowing of that French word after it had been Italianized: Ambuscade is from French embuscade (16c.), Gallicized from Italian imboscata, literally "a hiding in the bush," compounded from the same elements as Old French embuscher.

Sometimes in early use in English it appears as ambuscado, with a faux Spanish ending of the sort popular in 17c. As a verb, "attack from a concealed position," by 1590s. Related: Ambuscaded; ambuscading.

词汇	ambuscade
词源	ambuscade n. 1580s, "act of lying concealed for the purpose of attacking by surprise," essentially a variant form of ambush (q.v.), "now more formal as a military term" [OED]. It is a reborrowing of that French word after it had been Italianized: Ambuscade is from French embuscade (16c.), Gallicized from Italian imboscata, literally "a hiding in the bush," compounded from the same elements as Old French embuscher. Sometimes in early use in English it appears as ambuscado, with a faux Spanish ending of the sort popular in 17c. As a verb, "attack from a concealed position," by 1590s. Related: Ambuscaded; ambuscading. Entries linking to ambuscade ambush v. mid-14c., embushen, enbushen, inbuchen, "to hide in ambush," from Old French embuschier (13c., Modern French embûcher) "to hide, conceal, lay an ambush," from en- "in" (ultimately from PIE root en "in") + busch "wood," which is apparently from Frankish busk "bush, woods," or a similar Germanic source (see bush (n.)). The notion probably is "hide in the bush," or "lure into the bush." Related: Ambushed; ambushing. updated on September 19, 2022
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ambuscade n.

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