3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irony \I"ron*y\, a. [From {Iron}.]
1. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as
irony chains; irony particles. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irony \I"ron*y\, n.[L. ironia, Gr ? dissimulation, fr ? a
dissembler in speech, fr ? to speak; perh. akin to E. word:
cf F. ironie.]
1. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of
confounding or provoking an antagonist.
2. 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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
irony
n 1: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used
sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the
stupid" [syn: {sarcasm}, {satire}, {caustic remark}]
2: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually
occurs: "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she
most hated"
3: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected
and what occurs
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