ironian.

Brit.

/ʌɪˈrəʊnɪə/, U.S.

/aɪˈroʊniə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin īrōnīa.

Etymology: < classical Latin īrōnīa irony n. Compare earlier irony n.

Chiefly Rhetoric and Literary Criticism.

= irony n. (in various senses); esp. a rhetorical device relying on a discrepancy between what is meant and what is said, typically employed for humorous or emphatic effect.Now used as a technical term in literary criticism.

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irony1502

ironia?1541

?1541 M. Coverdale Confut. Standish sig. bij^v Now is ironia as much to saie as a mockage, derision.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xviii. 157 By the figure Ironia, which we call the drye mock.

1620 T. Middleton & W. Rowley World Tost sig. C2 By his Needle he vnderstands Ironia, That with one eye lookes two wayes at once.

?1637 T. Hobbes tr. Aristotle Briefe Art Rhetorique iii. 200 One kind [of jest] is Ironia, and tends to please ones selfe. The other is Scurrility, and tends to please others. The latter of these has in it a kind of baseness: the former may become a Man of good breeding.

1707 Lady's Rhetorick 86 By Ironia we may make a Satyr upon a Person, with the same Expressions by which we extol him.

1823 Lancaster Gaz. 30 Aug. He..would thus insinuate by a figure of speech called ironia, that that which he could not prove to be true was true.

1845 J. H. Newman Ess. Devel. Christian Doctr. i. 79 Socrates..had adopted the method of ironia against the Sophists.

1890 J. B. Bury Nemean Odes Pindar 84 This artistic ironia is especially characteristic of Pindar.

1917 The Word Jan. 230 They alone of all theosophies, theologies and philosophies contain the principle of Ironia. They know the mockery of life.

1969 Stud. by Members SCMLA 29 120/1 The trope of ironia is ominously effective in the final sentence of the sermon.

2008 Renaissance Q. 61 810 It is Harvey's own irrepressible ironia that throws the question of final cause, or reality, into doubt.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ironia
释义	ironian. Brit. /ʌɪˈrəʊnɪə/, U.S. /aɪˈroʊniə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin īrōnīa. Etymology: < classical Latin īrōnīa irony n. Compare earlier irony n. Chiefly Rhetoric and Literary Criticism. = irony n. (in various senses); esp. a rhetorical device relying on a discrepancy between what is meant and what is said, typically employed for humorous or emphatic effect.Now used as a technical term in literary criticism. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > irony irony1502 ironia?1541 ?1541 M. Coverdale Confut. Standish sig. bij^v Now is ironia as much to saie as a mockage, derision. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xviii. 157 By the figure Ironia, which we call the drye mock. 1620 T. Middleton & W. Rowley World Tost sig. C2 By his Needle he vnderstands Ironia, That with one eye lookes two wayes at once. ?1637 T. Hobbes tr. Aristotle Briefe Art Rhetorique iii. 200 One kind [of jest] is Ironia, and tends to please ones selfe. The other is Scurrility, and tends to please others. The latter of these has in it a kind of baseness: the former may become a Man of good breeding. 1707 Lady's Rhetorick 86 By Ironia we may make a Satyr upon a Person, with the same Expressions by which we extol him. 1823 Lancaster Gaz. 30 Aug. He..would thus insinuate by a figure of speech called ironia, that that which he could not prove to be true was true. 1845 J. H. Newman Ess. Devel. Christian Doctr. i. 79 Socrates..had adopted the method of ironia against the Sophists. 1890 J. B. Bury Nemean Odes Pindar 84 This artistic ironia is especially characteristic of Pindar. 1917 The Word Jan. 230 They alone of all theosophies, theologies and philosophies contain the principle of Ironia. They know the mockery of life. 1969 Stud. by Members SCMLA 29 120/1 The trope of ironia is ominously effective in the final sentence of the sermon. 2008 Renaissance Q. 61 810 It is Harvey's own irrepressible ironia that throws the question of final cause, or reality, into doubt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1541
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