under-ageadj.n.
/ˌʌndərˈeɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈeɪdʒ/ 1. adj. Not of full age; youthful, immature.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > young (of beings)
littleeOE
youngOE
younglyOE
younglinga1250
little waxena1325
greena1398
imperfecta1398
primec1429
unold?1440
juvync1450
novelc1450
unaged1486
in youth's flowers?1507
unbearded1560
unweaned1581
whelpish1586
ungrown1593
under-age1594
unhatched1601
infantine1603
springalda1614
unbakeda1616
unlickeda1616
juvenile1625
lile1633
juvenal1638
bloomy1651
youngish1667
blooming1676
puerilea1680
youngerly1742
steerish1789
chota1814
white-shoe1960
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. D4v Farre bee it my vnder-age argumentes should intrude themselues as a greene weake prop to support so high a building.
1612 J. Webster White Divel i. ii I myself have loved a lady, and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation.
1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xli. 175 As secret as if I were some under-age heiress to an Indian fortune.
2. Carried on by someone below the legal age (for the activity).
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the world > people > person > child > [adjective] > minor
within agec1400
of nonage1418
meindre age1443
minor1552
nonaged1601
under-age1978
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > relating to crime > young offenders or their offences > done by someone below the legal age
under-age1978
1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 19/8 He went on, about supervision on the rally site, and the danger of under-age drinking.
1983 Sun 8 June 15/3 He persuaded her to pose nude and sing about under-age sex.
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the world > people > person > child > [noun] > childhood > minority
nonage1400
less agec1436
minority1493
pupillarity1561
nonwit1571
pupilship1581
pupillage1590
pupil age1598
under-age1613
underagedness1648
infancy1658
leading-string1677
minorship1841
minorage1888
1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 28 The Duke..recouers his peace, and the Castle of Thuilliers taken from him in his vnder-age.
1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. iii. 147 The underage and weaknesse of his succeeding sonne.
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iv. i. 379 Neither do the Roman doctors generally hold otherwise this day in case of an under-age.
Derivatives
underˈagedness n. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > child > [noun] > childhood > minority
nonage1400
less agec1436
minority1493
pupillarity1561
nonwit1571
pupilship1581
pupillage1590
pupil age1598
under-age1613
underagedness1648
infancy1658
leading-string1677
minorship1841
minorage1888
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Onbejaertheyt, vnder-agednesse.
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