(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages)

130.) Lanceolate

a.) Shaped like the head of a lance; tapering from a rounded base toward the apex.*

[Origin: from Late Latin lanceolātus, from lanceola small lance.]

*A shape all too familiar to members of the tribe whose name also conjures images of a certain seductive Arthurian hero.