nonage

noun

non·age ˈnä-nij How to pronounce nonage (audio)

ˈnō-

: minority sense 4

: a period of youth

: lack of maturity

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Minority, majority; infancy, adulthood; nonage, full age - here you have the three contrasting pairs that constitute the vocabulary of legal age. Minority, infancy, and nonage are synonyms that mean the state or time of being under legal age. Majority, adulthood, and full age mean the state or time of being of legal age. (All these words, particularly infancy and adulthood, have other meanings as well, of course.) Nonage came to us by way of Middle English from an Anglo-French union of non- and age, which combine to mean not of age.

nonage

noun

as in childhood

the state or time of being a child the short stories of the novelist's nonage have only recently been discovered by scholars

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childhood
adolescence
youth
infancy
boyhood
minority
immaturity
springtime
juvenility
girlhood
babyhood
toddlerhood
juvenescence

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adulthood
majority
winter
middle age
midlife
sunset
senectitude

as in adolescence

the transitional period between childhood and adulthood the indiscretions of his long-ago nonage have come back to haunt him now that he's a serious presidential contender

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adolescence
minority
infancy
boyhood
youth
manhood
maturity
womanhood
preadolescence
prime
majority
girlhood
heyday
babyhood
bloom
flush

单词	nonage
释义	nonage noun non·age ˈnä-nij ˈnō- 1 : minority sense 4 2 a : a period of youth b : lack of maturity Did you know? Minority, majority; infancy, adulthood; nonage, full age - here you have the three contrasting pairs that constitute the vocabulary of legal age. Minority, infancy, and nonage are synonyms that mean the state or time of being under legal age. Majority, adulthood, and full age mean the state or time of being of legal age. (All these words, particularly infancy and adulthood, have other meanings as well, of course.) Nonage came to us by way of Middle English from an Anglo-French union of non- and age, which combine to mean not of age. Synonyms childhood springtime youth See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the short stories of the novelist's nonage have only recently been discovered by scholars the indiscretions of his long-ago nonage have come back to haunt him now that he's a serious presidential contender Word History Etymology Middle English, from Anglo-French, from non- + age age First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 nonage noun 1 as in childhood the state or time of being a child the short stories of the novelist's nonage have only recently been discovered by scholars Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance childhood adolescence youth infancy boyhood minority immaturity springtime juvenility girlhood babyhood toddlerhood juvenescence Antonyms & Near Antonyms adulthood majority winter middle age midlife sunset senectitude See More 2 as in adolescence the transitional period between childhood and adulthood the indiscretions of his long-ago nonage have come back to haunt him now that he's a serious presidential contender Synonyms & Similar Words adolescence minority infancy boyhood youth manhood maturity womanhood preadolescence prime majority girlhood heyday babyhood bloom flush
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