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ilkest

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ilk

1  [ilk]
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–noun
1. family, class, or kind: he and all his ilk.
–adjective
2. same.
—Idiom
3. of that ilk,
a. (in Scotland) of the same family name or place: Ross of that ilk, i.e., Ross of Ross.
b. of the same class or kind.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME ilke, OE ilca (pronoun) the same, equiv. to demonstrative i (c. Goth is he, L is that) + a reduced form of līc like 1 ; cf. which, such

ilk

2  [ilk] Chiefly Scot.
–pronoun
1. each.
–adjective
2. each; every.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME ilk, north var. of ilch, OE ylc (pronoun) each
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