minority, nonage
(noun) any age prior to the legal age
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nonage (plural nonages)
The state of being under legal age; minority, the fact of being a minor. [from 15th c.]
nonage (plural nonages)
(obsolete, rare) A payment formerly made from to the parish clergy upon the death of a parishioner, consisting of a ninth of the movable goods.
• Genoan, gonane
Source: Wiktionary
Non"age, n. Etym: [LL. nonagium, from L. nonus ninth, novem nine.] (Eccl.)
Definition: The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes. Mozley & W.
Non"age, n. Etym: [Pref. non- + age.]
Definition: Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority. The human mind . . . was still in its nonage. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
