The Only Use of
abyss
in
Lord of the Flies
- Only when Jack himself roused a gaudy bird from a primitive nest of sticks was the silence shattered and echoes set ringing by a harsh cry that seemed to come out of the abyss of ages.
p. 49.1abyss = bottomless pit (figurative usage)
Definition:
a hole or dropoff so deep the bottom cannot be seen -- often used figuratively to imply a frightening bottomless pit