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▪ I. ˈironize, v.1
[f. as ironism + ize.]
a. trans. To make ironical, use ironically.
b. intr. To use irony, speak ironically. Hence ˈironized ppl. a.1, used or spoken ironically.
1602Warner Alb. Eng. ix. liii. (1612) 239 If Hypocrites why Puritaines we terme be ask't, in breefe, T'is but an Ironized Tearme, good-fellow so spels Theefe. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 240 To memorize their Cheese and Butter will make your mouths water at it; I ironize: in good earnest the cheese is the worst any ever tasted of. 1906H. Bland Lett. to Daughter 116 Does one satirise, ironise, slate, bully-rag, and squirt verbal vitriol at the thing one loves? 1933Partridge Words, Words, Words! iii. 184 The tendency either to ironize or to belittle one's fears, sufferings and discomforts. 1969Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 22/4 There is also the ironist, ironising himself.
▪ II. † ˈironize, v.2 Obs. nonce-wd.
[f. iron n.1 + -ize.]
trans. To impregnate with iron. Hence ˈironized ppl. a.2, impregnated with iron.
1780J. T. Dillon Trav. Spain (1781) 250, I have seen..a great part of ironized mineral serve as a matrice to cinnabar. |