ilk
adj/ɪlk/
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ilke, from Old English ilca, conjectured as from Proto-Germanic *ilīkaz, a compound of *iz and *-līkaz from the noun *līką (“body”). The sense of “type”, “kind” is from the application of the phrase of that ilk to families: the word thus came to mean family.
Definitions
Very
Very; same.
- By semblaunt, was that ilke image
A type, race or category
A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
- "Hinkydink” or “Bathhouse John,” or others of that ilk, were proprietors of the most notorious dives in Chicago[…]
- The cow is of the bovine ilk; One end is moo, the other, milk.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ilk. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA