Both Uses of
constant
in
Lord of the Flies
- For perhaps ten seconds they crouched like that while the flailing fire sent smoke and sparks and waves of inconstant light over the top of the mountain.
p. 98..6 *inconstant = changingstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inconstant means not and reverses the meaning of constant. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- "Spill his blood!" The blue-white scar was constant, the noise unendurable.†
p. 152..8
Definition:
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(constant) unchanging, continuous, or happening repeatedly