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Not adult; immature.

Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; anaërobiotic.

person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority. The human mind . . . was still in its nonage. Coleridge.

Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature. W. Browne.

A person ninety years old.

Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.

A figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles.

Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer.

Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.

he paraffin series; -- so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule. Normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene.

Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.

Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment.

Failure to arrive.

A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.

Inattention.

Containing no bitumen; not bituminous.

ne or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce. The miller was a stout carl for the nones. Chaucer. And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce. Shak. Nonce word, "a word apparently employed only for the nonce". Murray (New English Dict.…

Indifference; carelessness; coolness.

Indifferent; careless; cool.

In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly.