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单词 ironist
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ironist

[ ahy-ruh-nist ]
/ ˈaɪ rə nɪst /

noun

a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.

Origin of ironist

First recorded in 1720–30; iron(y)1 + -ist

Words nearby ironist

ironic, ironical, ironically, ironing, ironing board, ironist, ironize, iron-jawed, iron law of wages, iron lung, iron maiden
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Example sentences from the Web for ironist

  • He was the most closely allied with Prosper Mrime, a dilettante and an ironist like himself.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 6|Various
  • In his irony there is a disdain which plays about even the ironist himself.

    A Book of Prefaces|H. L. Mencken
  • He is a spiritual half-brother to Laforgue's Hamlet, shorn of that ironist's humour.

    Iconoclasts|James Huneker
  • There were two essentially dissimilar writers in him, the romanticist and the ironist.

    The Book of Masks|Remy de Gourmont
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