I"ron*y (?), a. [From Iron.]
1.
Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.
[R.]
<-- in this sense iron is more common. -->
Woodward.
2.
Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property.
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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.
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