English Explanatory Dictionary

cottonmouth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
  2. A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.
  3. A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

cottonmouth cottonmouths cotton-mouth

Etymology

From cotton + mouth.

Synonyms

dry mouth xerostomia

Derived words

cottonmouthed
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