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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
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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 |