词根词缀：iron-, ironi-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin > Old French > French: pretended ignorance; saying the opposite of what a person really means

【相关描述】From Greek eironeia to Latin ironia to Old French to French ironie which signified "deliberately pretending ignorance, particularly as a rhetorical device to get the better of one's opponent in an argument".

【同源单词】bitter irony, dramatic irony, iron, ironic, ironical, ironically