Ilk
Etymology
Scots ilk, Old English ilke the same, Anglo Saxon ilca. Compare each, alike.
Variant spelling
Ilke
Pronunciation
Short i, normal l, hard k. Rhymes with milk and silk.
Adjective
- (Archaic): Same; each; every. - Spenser
Singular Noun
Really an adjective followed by the implied noun, type or kind; thus it does not have a plural
- A Scottish clan.
- (Often derogatory or humorous): Kind, sort, type, class of people, those that resemble (behave like, etc.) a certain person
- Examples
- Rael and his ilk would have us believe that humans have been cloned.
- Americans and their ilk are evil infidels who must be destroyed!
- Adam and his ilk have caused problems at Wikipedia.
Derived expressions
- Of that ilk, denoting that a person's surname and the title of his estate are the same; as, Grant of that ilk, i.e., Grant of Grant - Jamieson
Turkish
Adjective and Adverb
- First.
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