ilk1
[ilk]
- family, class, or kind: he and all his ilk.
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- same.
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- of that ilk,
- (in Scotland) of the same family name or place: Ross of that ilk, i.e., Ross of Ross.
- of the same class or kind.
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Origin of ilk1
ilk2
[ilk]Chiefly Scot.
- each.
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- each; every.
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Origin of ilk2
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Contemporary Examples
We can thank Lisa Kudrow for the rise of celeb reality TV—Real Housewives, the Kardashians, Honey Boo Boo and its ilk.
Like maybe the line that Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and others of their ilk are pushing?
All right, so we know that Loestrin and its ilk are, as Redmond terms it, “hair-unfriendly pills.”
And, as pretty much every show of this ilk has proved, that formula works.
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August 21, 2014
As much as the NRA and its ilk want to deny it, having a gun in the home is a risk factor for serious injury or death.
Historical Examples
Thus I get a perspective upon the place, to Will and his ilk denied.
The Fortune HunterLouis Joseph Vance
The collections, then, those from Mr. Young and his ilk excepted, were satisfactory.
Mary-'GustaJoseph C. Lincoln
Harpies of this ilk are the bane of sight-seeing all the world over.
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)Harry Furniss
You remember Mrs. Wallace, don't you—Pritchard, of that ilk?
The HeroWilliam Somerset Maugham
Him's got a bib on 'ike Trouble when him eats bread and 'ilk.
The Curlytops and Their PetsHoward R. Garis
ilk1
- a type; class; sort (esp in the phrase of that, his, her, etc, ilk)people of that ilk should not be allowed here
- of that ilk Scot of the place of the same name: used to indicate that the person named is proprietor or laird of the place namedMoncrieff of that ilk
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Word Origin
Old English ilca the same family, same kind; related to Gothic is he, Latin is, Old English gelīc like
usage
Although the use of ilk in the sense of sense 1 is sometimes condemned as being the result of a misunderstanding of the original Scottish expression of that ilk, it is nevertheless well established and generally acceptable
ilk2
ilka (ˈɪlkə)
- Scot each; every
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Word Origin
Old English ǣlc each (+ a 1)
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Word Origin and History for ilk
adj.
Old English ilca "same" (n. and adj.), from Proto-Germanic *ij-lik, in which the first element is from the PIE demonstrative particle *i- (see yon) and the second is that in Old English -lic "form" (see like). Of similar formation are which and such. Phrase of that ilk implies coincidence of name and estate, as in Lundie of Lundie; applied usually to families, so by c.1790 it began to be used with meaning "family," then broadening to "type, sort."
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