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mid 17th century: from French ironique or late Latin ironicus, from Greek eirōnikos ‘dissembling, feigning ignorance’, from eirōneia (see irony1).


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Borrowed from Middle French ironique, from Late Latin īrōnicus, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνικός(eirōnikós).


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ironic (adj.)

1620s, "pertaining to irony," from Late Latin ironicus, from Greek eironikos "dissembling, putting on a feigned ignorance," from eironeia (see irony). Related: Ironical (1570s); ironically.