Definition of irony

• a. - Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.
• a. - Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property.
• n. - Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
• n. - 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.