Irony
Translation- Irony
- 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.]
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1. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of
confounding or provoking an antagonist.
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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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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