NONAGE

minority, nonage

(noun) any age prior to the legal age

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

nonage (plural nonages)

The state of being under legal age; minority, the fact of being a minor. [from 15th c.]

Etymology 2

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• 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



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