ilk

ilk
1. adjective /ɪlk/
The same.
2. noun /ɪlk/
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...

Syn: kind, likes, sort, type

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  • ilk — is a word that arouses passions when it is used to mean ‘kind or sort’: • Fifteen years a faithful husband, that was his ilk Saul Bellow, 1987. Ilk arrived at this meaning by a strange route: originally it meant ‘same’ (Old English ilca), but was …   Modern English usage

  • ilk — [ılk] n [singular] [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: ilk same (12 19 centuries), from Old English ilca] a particular type = ↑kind of that/his/their etc ilk ▪ Irving Berlin and composers of his ilk sb and that/his/their etc ilk ▪ Mrs Taylor and her ilk… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ilk — ilk1 [ilk] adj. [Scot dial. < ME ilke < OE ilca, same; prob. < * ī līca < ī , lit., the + lica, like: see LIKE1] Obs. same; like n. kind; sort; class: only in of that (or his, her, etc.) ilk, of the same sort or class: from a… …   English World dictionary

  • Ilk — Ilk, a. [Scot. ilk, OE. ilke the same, AS. ilca. Cf. {Each}.] Same; each; every. [Archaic] Spenser. [1913 Webster] {Of that ilk}, (a) denoting that a person s surname and the title of his estate are the same; as, Grant of that ilk, i.e., Grant of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ilk — bezeichnet: eine ungarische Gemeinde im Komitat Szabolcs Szatmár Bereg, siehe Ilk (Ungarn) Ilk ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Herta Ilk (1902–1972), deutsche Politikerin (FDP) ILK ist die Abkürzung für: Internationale Länderkommission… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ilk — Administration …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Ilk — ([i^]lk), n. Kind; class; sort; type; as, him and his ilk; sometimes used to indicate disapproval when applied to people. [1913 Webster +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ilk — [ ılk ] noun singular a particular type of person or thing: A proposal of that ilk seems reasonable to me …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • ilk — ► NOUN 1) a type: fascists, racists, and others of that ilk. 2) (of that ilk) Scottish, chiefly archaic of the place or estate of the same name. ORIGIN Old English, related to ALIKE(Cf. ↑alike) …   English terms dictionary

  • ilk — O.E. ilca same (n. and adj.), from P.Gmc. *ij lik, in which the first element is from the PIE demonstrative particle *i (see YON (Cf. yon)) and the second is that in O.E. lic form (see LIKE (Cf. like)). Of similar formation are which and such.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Ilk — Ilk, 1) so v.w. Marder; 2) (Ill), so v.w. Iltis …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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