[ ʌɪ'rɒnɪk ]
■ adjective
1》 using or characterized by irony.
2》 happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and causing wry amusement because of this.
Derivatives
~al adjective
~ally adverb
Origin
C17: from Fr. ironique or late L. ~us , from Gk eirōnikos 'dissembling', from eirōneia (see irony 1 ).