n. 1. The state or condition of being under legal age. 2. The period during which one is under legal age. 3. A period of immaturity: "The bravest achievements were always accomplished in the nonage of a nation" (Thomas Paine). [Middle English nounage, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French nonaage : non-, non- + aage, age; see AGE.] |
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