nonagen.¹

Brit.

/ˈnəʊnɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊnɪdʒ/

Forms: Middle English none eage, Middle English noon aage, Middle English nounage, Middle English nounnage, Middle English nownage, Middle English 1600s nonnage, Middle English–1500s noneage, Middle English– nonage, 1500s nonadge, 1500s nonaidge, 1500s nonaige, 1500s noon aege, 1500s noonage, 1500s nowne age; Scottish pre-1700 nonaig, pre-1700 nonaige, pre-1700 noneaige, pre-1700 1700s– nonage, 1700s noneage. N.E.D. (1907) also records a form Middle English nowne age.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nounage.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman nounage < noun- non- prefix + age age n.

a. The state of being under full legal age; minority, youth.In quot. c1475 apparently: a payment due to the King when an estate fell to a minor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > [noun] > childhood > minority

nonage1400

less agec1436

minority1493

pupillarity1561

nonwit1571

pupilship1581

pupillage1590

pupil age1598

under-age1613

underagedness1648

infancy1658

leading-string1677

minorship1841

minorage1888

1400 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/275/30) He is lord of clifton dertemouth hardenasse the noun age of the childryn of sire gy de Bryan be the ȝift of the kyng Richard.

1422 Deed (Public Rec. Office) A.5631 (MED) Þe forsaid John schall pay ȝerly to þe forsaid William, hies heyres or hes assignes, deurant þe nownage of þe forsaid Thomas, þe chefe rent of Halsnade.

c1450 Brut (Cambr. Hh.6.9) 442 (MED) He was made maister & gouernoure vn-to the Kynge duryng his non-age.

c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iv. 6 Ne þe nownagis þat newed him euere, As Marche and Mounbray and many mo oþer.

a1500 (a1470) Brut (BL Add. 10099) 512 Þe Duke of Gloucestre..had bene þe protector of Englond al þe non-Age of þe King.

1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 14 §2 That the feoffees or executours..have..the Londes and Tenementes..during the nonage of every such heir.

a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) xi. x. f. 426, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Be nonage..nocht abill to governe.

1635 Earl of Manchester Al Mondo: Contemplatio Mortis (rev. ed.) 121 Christ..went up to the Temple in his Nonage.

1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. vi. §57 To inform the Mind, and govern the Actions of their yet ignorant Nonage, till Reason shall take its Place.

1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman lxix. 282 He cannot bestow seven Years of his Nonage better than among those kind of Goods he resolves to deal in when settled.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 332 In case of a suit to reverse a fine for non-age of the cognizor, or to set aside a statute or recognizance entered into by an infant.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. i. 20 I have..permitted..all of you, to use your pleasure with the frolics of my nonage.

1877 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxxxviii, in Monthly Packet July 18 She..viewed as invalid all that was done in her brother's nonage.

1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains v. 179 He had passed a riotous nonage.

1920 R. Fry Vision & Design 190 The dying echoes of this remarkable explosion reverberated through the years of my nonage.

1972 Mod. Law Rev. 35 i. 57 Non-age should make a marriage void.

1992 R. A. A. McCall Smith & D. Sheldon Scots Criminal Law 47 It is likely that insanity, automatism and non-age would be accepted as defences in this context.

b. †of nonage: minor (obsolete). at nonage, in nonage: in one's minority (now rare).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by age or cycles > defined by age [phrase] > young

in nonage1418

the world > people > person > child > [adjective] > minor

within agec1400

of nonage1418

meindre age1443

minor1552

nonaged1601

under-age1978

the world > people > person > child > [adverb] > in minority

at nonage1565

1418 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) II. 357 (MED) Þe Daulphin is at noon aage in lawe, as is supposed, for he passeth not xvij or at þe most xviij yeer of aage.

1484–5 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 318 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 If he be a childe of none eage.

1546 in W. Fraser Memorials Montgomeries (1859) II. 142 My air or airis beand of non age.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Deponere To committe the money of..children in none age, to the..keping of the citee.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 109 At that time Zeifadin was King (in nonage) ruled by Atar a spitefull Eunuch.

1715 J. Chappelow Right Way to be Rich 155 You are like Heirs at Non-Age.

1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man iv. v. 614 Children in nonage act voluntarily.

1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 134 Till chance had there voiced me That one I loved vainly in nonage Had ceased her to be.

1958 T. H. White Once & Future King iv. i. 553 For, although she had contrived to seduce young Arthur in his nonage, he had escaped her—to settle down with Guenever as his wife.

2. In extended use: a period of immaturity; an early stage in the growth or development of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun]

youthc897

youngheada1300

youngthc1330

juvent1377

juventy1377

first youtha1387

youthheada1400

joyfnesc1400

junessec1430

young daysa1464

juventudec1470

younga1475

youngness?1505

flower?1507

juventute1541

prime tide1549

spring1553

April1583

springtime1583

nonage1584

prime1584

flowering youth1586

primrose1590

greenc1595

dancing-days1599

primrose-time1606

leaping timea1616

salad daysa1616

minority1632

juvenency1656

coltagec1720

youdith1723

veal-bones1785

whelphood1847

colthood1865

1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao iv. ii. 39 She is in her Nonage for affections.

1592 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Ded. sig. A2 This booke rudely digested, and then roughly deliuered, I did in the very nonage therof recommend vnto your L. Patronage.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xxviii. 277 The load-stone to draw their affection (now out of non-age) must present it self necessary.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 132 In the nonage of the world, men & beasts had but one buttery which was the fountaine and river.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 86 In their tender Nonage, while they spread Their Springing Leafs.

1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *Bij^v Even after Chaucer there was a Spencer, a Harrington, a Fairfax, before Waller and Denham were in being: And our Numbers were in their Nonage till these last appear'd.

a1720 J. Hughes tr. Claudianus In Epithalamio in Poems Several Occasions (1735) 159 That, folded in its tender Nonage lies, A beauteous Bud.

1784 E. Allen Reason xiii. §4. 456 Witchcraft and Priestcraft, were introduced into this world together, in its non-age.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xxiv. 102 In the year's early nonage.

1820 W. Scott Monastery II. vi. 199 A song, ‘which..the inimitable Astrophel, whom mortals call Philip Sidney, composed in the non-age of his muse’.

1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. iii. 116 Nations outgrew their spiritual nonage.

1918 Polit. Sci. Q. 33 482 The ‘comparative method’ is yet in its nonage.

1989 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 50 135 Industry was still in its infancy, the working-class movement in its nonage.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

c1595 First Pt. Reign Richard II (1929) i. i. 7 They guide the nonage king; tis they protect hime.

1619 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (new ed.) ii. 11 This present world is our nonage time, wherein we must be schooled to these lessons.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer vii. 231 Those nonage Youths, to whom our Lawes deny A pow'r in things that smaller trust imply.

1943 A. M. Klein in Canad. Forum Aug. 106/2 I am no old man fatuously intent On memoirs, but in memory I seek The strength and vividness of nonage days, Not tranquil recollection of event.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nonage
释义	nonagen.¹ Brit. /ˈnəʊnɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈnoʊnɪdʒ/ Forms: Middle English none eage, Middle English noon aage, Middle English nounage, Middle English nounnage, Middle English nownage, Middle English 1600s nonnage, Middle English–1500s noneage, Middle English– nonage, 1500s nonadge, 1500s nonaidge, 1500s nonaige, 1500s noon aege, 1500s noonage, 1500s nowne age; Scottish pre-1700 nonaig, pre-1700 nonaige, pre-1700 noneaige, pre-1700 1700s– nonage, 1700s noneage. N.E.D. (1907) also records a form Middle English nowne age. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nounage. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman nounage < noun- non- prefix + age age n. 1. a. The state of being under full legal age; minority, youth.In quot. c1475 apparently: a payment due to the King when an estate fell to a minor. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > [noun] > childhood > minority nonage1400 less agec1436 minority1493 pupillarity1561 nonwit1571 pupilship1581 pupillage1590 pupil age1598 under-age1613 underagedness1648 infancy1658 leading-string1677 minorship1841 minorage1888 1400 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/275/30) He is lord of clifton dertemouth hardenasse the noun age of the childryn of sire gy de Bryan be the ȝift of the kyng Richard. 1422 Deed (Public Rec. Office) A.5631 (MED) Þe forsaid John schall pay ȝerly to þe forsaid William, hies heyres or hes assignes, deurant þe nownage of þe forsaid Thomas, þe chefe rent of Halsnade. c1450 Brut (Cambr. Hh.6.9) 442 (MED) He was made maister & gouernoure vn-to the Kynge duryng his non-age. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iv. 6 Ne þe nownagis þat newed him euere, As Marche and Mounbray and many mo oþer. a1500 (a1470) Brut (BL Add. 10099) 512 Þe Duke of Gloucestre..had bene þe protector of Englond al þe non-Age of þe King. 1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 14 §2 That the feoffees or executours..have..the Londes and Tenementes..during the nonage of every such heir. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) xi. x. f. 426, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Be nonage..nocht abill to governe. 1635 Earl of Manchester Al Mondo: Contemplatio Mortis (rev. ed.) 121 Christ..went up to the Temple in his Nonage. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. vi. §57 To inform the Mind, and govern the Actions of their yet ignorant Nonage, till Reason shall take its Place. 1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman lxix. 282 He cannot bestow seven Years of his Nonage better than among those kind of Goods he resolves to deal in when settled. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 332 In case of a suit to reverse a fine for non-age of the cognizor, or to set aside a statute or recognizance entered into by an infant. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. i. 20 I have..permitted..all of you, to use your pleasure with the frolics of my nonage. 1877 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxxxviii, in Monthly Packet July 18 She..viewed as invalid all that was done in her brother's nonage. 1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains v. 179 He had passed a riotous nonage. 1920 R. Fry Vision & Design 190 The dying echoes of this remarkable explosion reverberated through the years of my nonage. 1972 Mod. Law Rev. 35 i. 57 Non-age should make a marriage void. 1992 R. A. A. McCall Smith & D. Sheldon Scots Criminal Law 47 It is likely that insanity, automatism and non-age would be accepted as defences in this context. b. †of nonage: minor (obsolete). at nonage, in nonage: in one's minority (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > defined by age [phrase] > young in nonage1418 the world > people > person > child > [adjective] > minor within agec1400 of nonage1418 meindre age1443 minor1552 nonaged1601 under-age1978 the world > people > person > child > [adverb] > in minority at nonage1565 1418 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) II. 357 (MED) Þe Daulphin is at noon aage in lawe, as is supposed, for he passeth not xvij or at þe most xviij yeer of aage. 1484–5 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 318 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 If he be a childe of none eage. 1546 in W. Fraser Memorials Montgomeries (1859) II. 142 My air or airis beand of non age. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Deponere To committe the money of..children in none age, to the..keping of the citee. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 109 At that time Zeifadin was King (in nonage) ruled by Atar a spitefull Eunuch. 1715 J. Chappelow Right Way to be Rich 155 You are like Heirs at Non-Age. 1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man iv. v. 614 Children in nonage act voluntarily. 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 134 Till chance had there voiced me That one I loved vainly in nonage Had ceased her to be. 1958 T. H. White Once & Future King iv. i. 553 For, although she had contrived to seduce young Arthur in his nonage, he had escaped her—to settle down with Guenever as his wife. 2. In extended use: a period of immaturity; an early stage in the growth or development of something. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] youthc897 youngheada1300 youngthc1330 juvent1377 juventy1377 first youtha1387 youthheada1400 joyfnesc1400 junessec1430 young daysa1464 juventudec1470 younga1475 youngness?1505 flower?1507 juventute1541 prime tide1549 spring1553 April1583 springtime1583 nonage1584 prime1584 flowering youth1586 primrose1590 greenc1595 dancing-days1599 primrose-time1606 leaping timea1616 salad daysa1616 minority1632 juvenency1656 coltagec1720 youdith1723 veal-bones1785 whelphood1847 colthood1865 1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao iv. ii. 39 She is in her Nonage for affections. 1592 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Ded. sig. A2 This booke rudely digested, and then roughly deliuered, I did in the very nonage therof recommend vnto your L. Patronage. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xxviii. 277 The load-stone to draw their affection (now out of non-age) must present it self necessary. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 132 In the nonage of the world, men & beasts had but one buttery which was the fountaine and river. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 86 In their tender Nonage, while they spread Their Springing Leafs. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. Bij^v Even after Chaucer there was a Spencer, a Harrington, a Fairfax, before Waller and Denham were in being: And our Numbers were in their Nonage till these last appear'd. a1720 J. Hughes tr. Claudianus In Epithalamio* in Poems Several Occasions (1735) 159 That, folded in its tender Nonage lies, A beauteous Bud. 1784 E. Allen Reason xiii. §4. 456 Witchcraft and Priestcraft, were introduced into this world together, in its non-age. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xxiv. 102 In the year's early nonage. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. vi. 199 A song, ‘which..the inimitable Astrophel, whom mortals call Philip Sidney, composed in the non-age of his muse’. 1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. iii. 116 Nations outgrew their spiritual nonage. 1918 Polit. Sci. Q. 33 482 The ‘comparative method’ is yet in its nonage. 1989 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 50 135 Industry was still in its infancy, the working-class movement in its nonage. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ c1595 First Pt. Reign Richard II (1929) i. i. 7 They guide the nonage king; tis they protect hime. 1619 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (new ed.) ii. 11 This present world is our nonage time, wherein we must be schooled to these lessons. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer vii. 231 Those nonage Youths, to whom our Lawes deny A pow'r in things that smaller trust imply. 1943 A. M. Klein in Canad. Forum Aug. 106/2 I am no old man fatuously intent On memoirs, but in memory I seek The strength and vividness of nonage days, Not tranquil recollection of event. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † nonagen.² Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nonagium. Etymology: < post-classical Latin nonagium (14th cent.) < classical Latin nōnus ninth (see nona- comb. form) + post-classical Latin -agium -age suffix. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (nō^u·nėdʒ) /ˈnəʊnɪdʒ/. Obsolete. rare. A payment to the incumbent of a parish from the estate of a deceased parishioner. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > one-ninth nonage1848 society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > church dues > on death of a person > ninth part of movables nonage1848 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 457/2 Nonagium or Nonage, a ninth part of moveables which was paid to the clergy on the death of persons in their parish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹1400n.²1848
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