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ilk - n., type or kind. pron., (Scot.) same.
The pronoun usage throws me -- quote American Heritage: "Used following a name to indicate that the one named resides in an area bearing the same name: Duncan of that ilk." I'd still call that a noun, but I'm hardly a trained linguist. In any case, ilk is from Old English ilca, in the pronominal sense, the same thing.Other IE languages have cognates of that ilk.
---L.
The pronoun usage throws me -- quote American Heritage: "Used following a name to indicate that the one named resides in an area bearing the same name: Duncan of that ilk." I'd still call that a noun, but I'm hardly a trained linguist. In any case, ilk is from Old English ilca, in the pronominal sense, the same thing.Other IE languages have cognates of that ilk.
---L.
