Nonage
//ˈnoʊnəd͡ʒ// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being under legal age; minority, the fact of being a minor.
"His vvarlike vvife Simeramis, her huſband being dead, / And ſonne in nonage, faining him ſhe ruled in his ſtéede: / Delating in a males attire the Empire nevve begonne: / The vvhich, his yeares admitting it, ſhe yealded to her ſonne."
- 2 A payment formerly made to the parish clergy upon the death of a parishioner, consisting of a ninth of the movable goods. obsolete, rare
- 3 any age prior to the legal age wordnet
Example
More examples"His vvarlike vvife Simeramis, her huſband being dead, / And ſonne in nonage, faining him ſhe ruled in his ſtéede: / Delating in a males attire the Empire nevve begonne: / The vvhich, his yeares admitting it, ſhe yealded to her ſonne."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman nounage, corresponding to non- + age.
Etymology 2
From Late Latin nonagium, from nōnus (“ninth”).
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