εἰρωνεία
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- hypocrisy, deception, especially a feigned ignorance
- An assumed appearance, pretext
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek εἴρων (one who feigns ignorance).
Origin
Ancient Greek
εἴρων
Gloss
one who feigns ignorance
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ironia Latin
- īrōnīa Latin
- ironia Italian
- ironie French
- ирония Russian
- ironía Spanish, Castilian
- εἴρων Ancient Greek
- ironi Norwegian Bokmål
- ironia Portuguese
- ironi Norwegian Nynorsk
- ironi Danish
- selvironi Danish
- ironija Serbo-Croatian
- ironia Catalan, Valencian
- ironía Galician
- ironie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- είρων Greek (modern)
- ironie Middle French
- ironia Occitan
- ironija Slovene
- ironía Aragonese