Irony

n. [Fr. ironie, Pr., Sp., Pg., It., & Lat. ironia, from Gr. εἰρωνεία, dissimulation, from εἴρων, a dissembler in speech, from εἴρειν, to speak.] A kind of ridicule which exposes the errors or faults of others by seeming to adopt, approve, or defend them; apparent assent to a proposition given, with such a tone, or under such circumstances, that opposite opinions or feelings are implied.