| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | non·age |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  n n  j, n nj |
| NOUN: | 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). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English nounage, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French nonaage : non-, non- + aage, age; see age.
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