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Pronunciation : I"ron*y
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [From Iron.]
Definition : 1. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles. [R.] Woodward.

2. Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : I"ron*y
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. ironia, Gr. word: cf. F. ironie.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913