Home › Words › N › nonagenonage/ˈnəʊnɪd͡ʒ/nonage means the state of being under legal age; minority, the fact of being a minor.nonage is pronounced /ˈnəʊnɪd͡ʒ/.EtymologyFrom Anglo-Norman nounage, corresponding to non- + age.nounThe state of being under legal age; minority, the fact of being a minor.A payment formerly made to the parish clergy upon the death of a parishioner, consisting of a ninth of the movable goods.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).