ironic

Definitions


[ʌɪˈrɒnɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- using or characterized by irony
(e.g: his mouth curved into an ironic smile)


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Origin:
mid 17th century: from French ironique or late Latin ironicus, from Greek eirōnikos ‘dissembling, feigning ignorance’, from eirōneia (see irony)




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