ILK


Meaning of ILK in English

I. ˈilk pronoun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ilca, from * i - that, the same (akin to Gothic is he, Latin, he, that) + * lik- form (whence Old English līc body) — more at iterate , like

Date: before 12th century

chiefly Scottish : same — used with that especially in the names of landed families

II. noun

Date: 1790

: sort , kind

the rejection of these books or others of like ilk — Kathleen Molz

III. pronoun

Etymology: Middle English, adjective & pronoun, from Old English ylc, ǣlc — more at each

Date: before 12th century

chiefly Scottish : each

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.