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nonage I. non·age \ˈnänij, ˈnōn-, sometimes ˈnən- or -nēj\ noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from non- non- (I) + age, from Old French aage, eage — more at age 1. : the condition of being under 21 and consequently not of age to manage one's property and affairs : the condition of not being of the required legal age to enter into some particular transaction (as marriage) — compare full age, minor 2 2. a. : a period of youth, childhood, or infancy < the brook we leaped so nimbly in our nonage — R.S.Hillyer > < these slight novels of his nonage — Time > b. : immaturity < bored with the nonage of her contemporaries — Newsweek > II. no·nage \ˈnōnij, ˈnän-, -nēj\ noun (-s) Etymology: Medieval Latin nonagium, from Latin nonus ninth + Medieval Latin -agium -age (from Old French -age) : the ninth part of movable goods of a decedent sometimes payable to the clergy |