nonages
plural of nonage
• Genoans, gonanes
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 April 2025
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
