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nonage

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non⋅age

  [non-ij, noh-nij]
–noun
1. the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
2. any period of immaturity.
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Origin:
1350–1400; late ME < MF (see non-, age ); r. ME nownage < AF nounage; MF as above
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non·age   (nŏn'ĭj, nō'nĭj)   
n.  

  1. The period during which one is legally underage.

  2. A period of immaturity: "The bravest achievements were always accomplished in the nonage of a nation" (Thomas Paine).


[Middle English nounage, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French nonaage : non-, non- + aage, age; see age.]
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Word Origin & History

nonage 
1399, "state of not being of age," from O.Fr. nonage, from non- + age.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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