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ironic

[ahy-ron-ik]

Origin

adjective

containing or exemplifying irony: an ironic novel; an ironic remark.

ironical.

coincidental; unexpected: It was ironic that I was seated next to my ex-husband at the dinner.

Origin:
1620–30; < Late Latin īrōnicus < Greek eirōnikós dissembling, insincere. See irony, -ic

Related forms

non·i·ron·ic, adjective

sem·i-i·ron·ic, adjective

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ironic or ironical (aɪˈrɒnɪk)

—*adj*
	of, characterized by, or using irony

ironical or ironical

—*adj*

i'ronicalness or ironical

—n

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Word Origin & History

ironic

1620s, from L. ironicus, from Gk. eironikos, from eironeia (see irony).

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"I, interestingly, had dated a woman in the Eisenhower Administration briefly, and it was ironic to me 'cause I was trying to do to her what Eisenhower has been doing to the country for the last eight years."

-Woody Allen

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