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Irony

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(1):

(a.) Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

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

(4):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Irony'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/irony.html. 1828.
 
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