Meanings
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1
noun
the state or period of being below the legal age of adulthood; minority
During the heir's nonage, a council governed the estate on his behalf.
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2
noun
figuratively, an early or immature stage of development
The historian described the young republic as still in its nonage.
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Etymology
From Middle English and Anglo-Norman nounage, formed from non- ("not") and age. The legal sense is literally the condition of not yet being of age; the figurative sense applies that period of minority to an immature society, institution, or idea.