Etymology

ironist

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Today it means: Someone who uses irony in humor. Full definition →

English irony ← Middle French ironie ← Latin īrōnīa
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  1. Latinīrōnīa
  2. Middle Frenchironie
  3. Englishirony
  4. English todayironist

From irony + -ist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.