Irony

i'run-i, n. A kind of ridicule which exposes the errors of others by seeming^ to adopt or defend them; di imulation; satire. [F. ironic, L. ironia. Gr. eironeia, fr. eiron, a di embler, prop. p. pr. or eirein, to say, talk; verb, word.] — Ironic, -ron'- ik, -ical, a. Pert, to, containing, or expre ing, irony; expre ing one thing and meaning the opposite. — Ironically, adv.