ironia
/ʌɪˈrəʊnɪə/Chiefly Rhetoric and Literary Criticism
noun
= irony; especially 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..
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Miles Coverdale (1488–1569), Bible translator and bishop of Exeter. From classical Latin īrōnīa irony.
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