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under-ˈage, a. and n.
[See under prep. 22 b and under-2.]
1. adj. Not of full age; youthful, immature.
1594Nashe Unfort. Trav. Wks. (Grosart) V. 52 Farre bee it my vnder-age argumentes should intrude themselues as a greene weake prop to support so high a building. 1612Webster White Devil i. ii, I myself have loved a lady, and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation. 1876T. Hardy Ethelberta xli, As secret as if I were some under-age heiress to an Indian fortune.
2. Carried on by someone below the legal age (for the activity).
1978Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 19/8 He went on, about supervision on the rally site, and the danger of under-age drinking. 1983Sun 8 June 15/3 He persuaded her to pose nude and sing about under-age sex.
†3. n. The time during which a person is under age; minority. Obs.
1613–8Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 28 The Duke..recouers his peace, and the Castle of Thuilliers taken from him in his vnder-age. 1641Earl of Monmouth tr. Biondi's Civil Wars iii. 147 The underage and weaknesse of his succeeding sonne. 1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. iv. i. (1654) 289 Neither do the Roman doctors generally hold otherwise this day in case of an under-age.
So underˈagedness. rare—0.
1648Hexham ii, Onbejaertheyt, Vnder-agednesse. |