irony (definition)

(definition) by Webster 1913

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I"ron*y (?), a. [From Iron.]

Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.

[R.] <-- in this sense iron is more common. -->

Woodward.

Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property.

I"ron*y (?), n.[L. ironia, Gr. dissimulation, fr. a dissembler in speech, fr. to speak; perh. akin to E. word: cf. F. ironie.]

Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.

A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words.