irony
noun
- rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is an incongruity between the literal and the implied meaning
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈaɪə.ni/ / /ˈaɪ.ɚ.ni/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English hyrony, yreny, yrony, yrunny, equivalent to iron + -y.
- Of or pertaining to the metal iron.
“The food had an irony taste to it.”
“The scrap yard had bins marked for irony aluminum, such as aluminum engine blocks not wholly cleaned of bolts, studs, brackets, and so on.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English hyrony, yreny, yrony, yrunny, equivalent to iron + -y.
- A kind of metallic marble.
“And before the season's over millions of "glassies" and "aggies" or "ironies" will change hands, and thousands more will manage to get themselves lost.”