Nonage \Non"age\, n. [LL. nonagium, from L. nonus ninth, novem
nine.] (Eccl.)
The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the
clergy on the death of persons in their parishes. --Mozley &
W.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nonage \Non"age\, n. [Pref. non- + age.]
Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal
immaturity; minority.
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The human mind . . . was still in its nonage.
--Coleridge.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nonage
n : any age prior to the legal age [syn: minority] [ant: majority]
WordNet (r) 2.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonage":
Nina from Carolina, callowness, dewiness, ennead, enneastyle,
freshness, greenness, immaturity, inexperience, infancy, juiciness,
juniority, minority, nine, nonagon, nonuplet, novena, rawness,
sappiness, undevelopment, unripeness
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
minority
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