ironizedadj.1
/ˈʌɪrənʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈaɪrəˌnaɪzd/ rare before mid 20th cent.
That is employed ironically; imbued with irony; ironic.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [adjective]
satiric1509
satirien1509
satiricala1529
ironical1536
dry1542
Lucianical1561
satirial1579
sardonian1586
ironized1596
sarcasmical1602
ironic1614
Sardinian?1615
sardoin1633
sardonic1638
sarcastical1641
sardan1649
sarcasmous1663
sarcastic1695
witty1700
sarcasmatical1716
caustic1771
nippit1808
Lucianic1820
sardonican1837
quippy1859
sardonical1859
quipsome1881
sarky1912
Lucianesque1969
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [adjective] > used ironically
ironized1596
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > irony > [adjective]
ironical1536
ironized1596
ironic1614
wry1928
tongue-in-cheek1933
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > irony > [adjective] > used or spoken ironically
ironized1596
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > ironic
ironious1534
ironical1536
ironized1596
ironic1614
southpaw1957
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. liii. 241 If Hypocrites why Puritaines we terme, be ask't, in breefe, T'is but an Ironized Tearme, good-Fellow so spells Theefe.
1968 P. Haidu Aesthetic Distance Chrétien de Troyes ii. 251 The ironization of traditional material is far less extensively used..: weak examples of ironized symbolism are the references to Eve and Lavinia.
1990 R. Silliman in J. McCorkle Conversant Ess. i. 89 The highrise or public building that utilizes the features of the International Style in an ironized fashion.
2011 N.Y. Mag. (Nexis) 7 Nov. ‘Lady’ being the term of choice for many online writers, an ironized alternative to the earnest ‘woman’ or problematic ‘girl’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
ironizedadj.2
/ˈʌɪənʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈaɪ(ə)rˌnaɪzd/ Impregnated with or containing iron or iron compounds.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > iron
ironya1382
ferreous1646
ferruginous1659
ferrugineous1671
ironized1780
iron-shot1794
ferriferous1796
1780 J. T. Dillon Trav. Spain ii. i. 234 I have seen..a great part of ironized mineral serve as a matrice to cinnabar.
1871 U.S Patent 122,142 1/1 This ironized glue should be prepared as follows.
1938 Life 7 Feb. 60/1 (advt.) These amazing little Ironized Yeast tablets have helped thousands of the thinnest, most unattractive girls.
2010 J. C. Pommerville Alcamo's Fund. Microbiol. xi. 344/1 The cytoplasm of Saccharomyces is rich in B vitamins, a factor making yeast tablets valuable nutritional supplements (ironized yeast) for people with iron-poor blood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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