nonage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any age prior to the legal age
    minority.

WordNet

Non"age noun
Etymology
LL. nonagium, from L. nonus ninth, novem nine.
Definitions
  1. (Eccl.) The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes. Mozley & W.
Non"age noun
Etymology
Pref. non- + age.
Definitions
  1. Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority.
    The human mind . . . was still in its nonage. Coleridge.

Webster 1913