English Explanatory Dictionary

ilk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very; same.
noun
  1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

Pronunciation

/ɪlk/ en-us-ilk.ogg en-au-ilk.ogg

Word forms

ilk ilke ilks

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.

Synonyms

kind likes sort type hue

Derived words

of that ilk thilk
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