Phineas

American  

[fin-ee-uhs] / ˈfɪn i əs /

noun

1. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “serpent's mouth or oracle.”

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Example Sentences

Phineas and his best friend, Gene, are students at a New Hampshire boarding school in 1942.

From The Wall Street Journal

While Phineas is charismatic, generous and has “a serene capacity for affection,” Gene is a self-conscious outsider who has to work hard to get good grades.

From The Wall Street Journal

He can’t believe that Phineas genuinely cares about him and projects his own resentment and envy onto his friend.

From The Wall Street Journal

He convinces himself without any justification that Phineas is his enemy and “had deliberately set out to wreck” his studies by distracting him from schoolwork.

From The Wall Street Journal

A terrible accident left construction worker Phineas Gage with serious brain damage.

From BBC