I. non·age ˈnänij, ˈnōn-, sometimes ˈnən- or -nēj noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from non- non- (I) + age, from Old French aage, eage — more at age
1. : the condition of being under 21 and consequently not of age to manage one's property and affairs : the condition of not being of the required legal age to enter into some particular transaction (as marriage) — compare full age , minor 2
2.
a. : a period of youth, childhood, or infancy
the brook we leaped so nimbly in our nonage — R.S.Hillyer
these slight novels of his nonage — Time
b. : immaturity
bored with the nonage of her contemporaries — Newsweek
II. no·nage ˈnōnij, ˈnän-, -nēj noun
( -s )
Etymology: Medieval Latin nonagium, from Latin nonus ninth + Medieval Latin -agium -age (from Old French -age )
: the ninth part of movable goods of a decedent sometimes payable to the clergy