Irony /(?)/

I·ron·y

Irony

a.
  1. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles; -- In this sense iron is the more common term. [R.]
  2. Resembling iron in taste, hardness, or other physical property.

Irony

n.
  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.