Associations to the word «Ilk»

Wiktionary

ILK, adjective. (Scotland and Northern England) Very; same.
ILK, noun. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

Dictionary definition

ILK, noun. A kind of person; "We'll not see his like again"; "I can't tolerate people of his ilk".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope