Synonyms for nonage


Grammar : Noun
Spell : non-ij, noh-nij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒn ɪdʒ, ˈnoʊ nɪdʒ


Définition of nonage

Origin :
  • late 14c., "state of not being of age," from Old French nonage, from non- (see non-) + age (see age (n.)).
  • noun youth
Example sentences :
  • England is no more in her dotage than America is in her nonage.
  • Extract from : « Canada and the Canadians » by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle
  • They are a piece of stubborn antiquity, compared with which Stonehenge is in its nonage.
  • Extract from : « Pearls of Thought » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • De ovo, as yet in the nonage thereof; but infants may be men in due time.
  • Extract from : « William Harvey » by D'Arcy Powers
  • The youth in his nonage, and the gray-haired and very aged man were there.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Furnace » by John H. Aughey
  • Kings in their dotage and princes in their nonage wooed her.
  • Extract from : « Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy » by Charles Major
  • Tom is an old friend of mine; I have seen some of his best battles in my nonage.
  • Extract from : « Life of Lord Byron, Vol. II » by Thomas Moore
  • Marriages are usually arranged by mothers in nonage, but consulting the destined bride.
  • Extract from : « The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • Had not he himself made anti-national treaties almost before he was out of his nonage?
  • Extract from : « Familiar Studies of Men and Books » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Huxley, if I remember rightly, asserted in his nonage that science would even afford us a newer and more enlightened morality.
  • Extract from : « Platform Monologues » by T. G. Tucker
  • Nonage, "the nonage of this gentleman" (N53,d), legal minority.
  • Extract from : « Early English Dramatists--Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays with some others » by Various

Words or expressions associated with your search


Most wanted synonyms

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019