Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Nonage \Non"age\, n. [LL. nonagium, from L. nonus ninth, novem
nine.] (Eccl.)
The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the
clergy on the death of persons in their parishes. --Mozley &
W.
Nonage \Non"age\, n. [Pref. non- + age.]
Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal
immaturity; minority.
The human mind . . . was still in its nonage.
--Coleridge.
Source : WordNet®
nonage
n : any age prior to the legal age [syn: {minority}] [ant: {majority}]