PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 764
COMPLETE ROUTE ↗STAGE 06broadNO SINGLE PIN
long-vowel pronunciation becomes dominant
Eighteenth-century English record
fiend DOSSIER ↗OED’s later-development note places the dominance of the long-vowel pronunciation by the eighteenth century.
- COORDINATES STORED
- NO
- HONEST TO PLOT
- NO
- PLACEMENT MODE
- broad
- TIME PRECISION
- century
- NUMERIC TIME BOUND
- YES
- CLAIM CITATIONS
- 1
THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.
The source supports century-level dominance, not simultaneous adoption by every speaker.
PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE
AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.
Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.
- supports
Oxford English Dictionary — fiend, n., revised 2026
Supplies the century-level pronunciation horizon.
Later development: long vowel dominant by the eighteenth centuryAUDIT SOURCE ↗