Today's Word "nonage"
nonage \NON-ij; NOH-nij\ (noun) - 1. The time of life before a person becomes legally of age. 2 : A period of youth or immaturity. "In him there is a hope of government, Which, in his nonage, council under him,And in his full and ripen'd years himself, No doubt shall then, and till then, govern well." -- William Shakespeare, 'King Richard III' Nonage comes from non- (from Latin) + age, from Old French aage, eage, from Latin aetas, "age."
nonage \NON-ij; NOH-nij\ (noun) - 1. The time of life before a person becomes legally of age. 2 : A period of youth or immaturity. "In him there is a hope of government, Which, in his nonage, council under him,And in his full and ripen'd years himself, No doubt shall then, and till then, govern well." -- William Shakespeare, 'King Richard III' Nonage comes from non- (from Latin) + age, from Old French aage, eage, from Latin aetas, "age."
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