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US /ɪlk/ UK /ɪlk/

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1 noun · a type or kind of person or... kindsorttypeclassbreedstampvariety

Etymology

From Old English ilca ('same'), from Proto-Germanic *ī-līkaz ('of the same form'). The modern sense 'type, kind' arose from a misunderstanding of the Scots phrase 'of that ilk' ('of the same name/place').

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