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Synonyms for ilk

Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : ɪlk

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Définition of ilk

Origin :
  • 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."
  • noun kind, type
Example sentences :
  • Thus I get a perspective upon the place, to Will and his ilk denied.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The collections, then, those from Mr. Young and his ilk excepted, were satisfactory.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Harpies of this ilk are the bane of sight-seeing all the world over.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
  • You remember Mrs. Wallace, don't you—Pritchard, of that ilk?
  • Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham
  • Him's got a bib on 'ike Trouble when him eats bread and 'ilk.
  • Extract from : « The Curlytops and Their Pets » by Howard R. Garis
  • No woman could have proposed the things which she had proposed who was not of that ilk.
  • Extract from : « The Double Four » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • They can always import some of that ilk from Geneva if necessary.
  • Extract from : « The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906 » by Jane Milliken Napier Brodhead
  • The ilk was multiplying like flies in summer-time, and there was no place it had not invaded.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Ration » by George Abel Schreiner
  • The man on the trough was of the ilk of the men who surrounded him.
  • Extract from : « The Landloper » by Holman Day
  • I felt hopeful that for a time at least I should see the last of stewards and their ilk.
  • Extract from : « The Pacific Triangle » by Sydney Greenbie

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