What does nonage mean?

Definitions for nonage
ˈnɒn ɪdʒ, ˈnoʊ nɪdʒnonage

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. minority, nonagenoun

    any age prior to the legal age

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Nonagenoun

    Minority; time of life before legal maturity.

    Etymology: non and age.

    In him there is a hope of government;
    Which in his nonage, counsel under him,
    And in his full and ripen’d years, himself
    Shall govern well. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

    Be love but there, let poor six years
    Be pos’d with the maturest fears
    Man trembles at, we straight shall find
    Love knows no nonage nor the mind. Richard Crashaw.

    We have a mistaken apprehension of antiquity, calling that so which in truth is the world’s nonage. Joseph Glanvill.

    Those charters were not avoidable for the king’s nonage; and if there could have been any such pretence, that alone would not avoid them. Matthew Hale.

    After Geoffrey Chaucer there was a Edmund Spenser, a Harrington, a Fairfax, before Waller and Denham were in being; and our numbers were in their nonage ’till these last appeared. Dryd.

    In their tender nonage, while they spread
    Their springing leaves, and lift their infant head,
    Indulge their childhood, and the nursling spare. Dryden.

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  1. nonage

    Nonage is a term referring to a period of immaturity or youth, or the state of being legally underage. This term is often used legally to indicate a person not yet of age or not considered an adult.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Nonagenoun

    the ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes

  2. Nonagenoun

    time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority

  3. Etymology: [Pref. non- + age.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Nonage

    non′āj, n. legal infancy, minority: time of immaturity generally.—adj. Non′aged. [L. non, not, and age.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nonage in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nonage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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