IRONIER

IRONY

I"ron*y, a. Etym: [From Iron.]

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.

I"ron*y, n.Etym: [L. ironia, Gr. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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28 April 2024

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.