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Webster 1913 Edition
Ylike
{
, Y-liche′
,Y-like′
}Adj.
& adv.
Like; alike.
[Obs.]
“All . . . yliche good.” Chaucer.
Definition 2025
ylike
ylike
English
Adverb
ylike (not comparable) (obsolete)
- Similarly; alike.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.8:
- So both together, ylike felly bent, / Like fiercely met.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.8:
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ilike, yliche, iliche
Etymology 1
From Old English ġelīc (“like, alike, similar, equal, suitable, likely”). More at alike.
Adjective
ylike
Adverb
ylike
Etymology 2
From Old English ġelīca (“an equal”).
Noun
ylike (plural ylikes)