irony

εἴρων (Ancient Greek)

εἰρωνεία (Ancient Greek)

ironia (Latin)

Irony.

ironie (Middle French)

irony (English)

(informal, sometimes, _, proscribed). A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.. Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood [...]