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† iˈronious, a. Obs.—0
[f. L. īrōnīa irony n. + -ous.]
= ironical. Hence † iˈroniously adv., ironically.
c1530L. Cox Rhet. (1899) 81 Whiche place Cato vseth ironiously in Salust. 1535Joye Apol. Tindale (Arb.) 14 This saith Tindale yroniously. 1609Bible (Douay) Jer. xlvi. comm., Aegypt accounted itself invincible, and so the prophet ironiously calleth it the virgin daughter, as in this whole passage he speaketh by the same figure ironia. |