† nonagedadj.
Obsolete.
Belonging to the period of nonage; in one's nonage, minor. Also figurative.
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within agec1400
of nonage1418
meindre age1443
minor1552
nonaged1601
under-age1978
1601 Acts Privy Council XXXI. 241 In the behalfe of Peter de la Rocque and his nonaged bretheren.
1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. v. 87 Here could I..tell the World, the Muses loue appeares In nonag'd youth, as in the length of yeares.
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. xiii. 174 My nonag'd day already points to noone.
1645 F. Quarles New Distemper 155/1 We might have taken an advantageous leisure and mature deliberation to ripen every Bill, and, by degrees, to rectifie every nonag'd Grievance.
1656 E. Lowe in Affectuum Decidua 13 Your Ripeness ne're was Non-age'd, but borne Old.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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