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nonage
[non-ij, noh-nij]
noun
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
any period of immaturity.
nonage
/ ˈəʊɪ /
noun
law the state of being under any of various ages at which a person may legally enter into certain transactions, such as the making of binding contracts, marrying, etc
any period of immaturity
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
The stories are ideal for short trips, and the collection will appeal to listeners from nonage to senectitude, as long as they enjoy justice meted out with merry malice.
The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage.
The youth in his nonage, and the gray-haired and very aged man were there.
That assumption of mannishness which sat so prettily on his nonage was rendered inconspicuous by his majority.
I could see no reason for a nom de plume in the case of "Gretchen" or the other novel of nonage; with the "Child of Misery" it was different.
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