Mau·pas·sant "mO-p&-'säⁿ
(Henri-René-Albert-) Guy de 1850-1893 French writer; gained renown as supreme master of the short story
(this day's word chosen in an effort to expand some of my readers' cultural horizons)

opsimath (OP-si-math) n.

One who begins learning late in life. 
[From Greek opsi- (late) + math (learning).]

a·peir·o·pho·bi·a 

(psychology) n. fear of infinity.

fa·do ('fä-(")[th]ü, 'fa-) noun, pl. fados

Etymology: Portuguese, literally, fate, from Latin fatum (Date: 1902)
: a plaintive Portuguese folk song

osculate (OS-kyuh-layt) verb tr. 

1. Mathematics: (For a curve) to touch another curve in such a way that they have same tangent and curvature at the common point.
2. (bet you never knew how poetic math could be!) To kiss