cottonmouth
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cottonmouth
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From cotton + mouth.
noun cottonmouths · cotton-mouth
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An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
Similar: dry mouth, xerostomia
- A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.
- A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead.
Talk about this word "cottonmouth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cottonmouth. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cottonmouth. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cottonmouth "cottonmouth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cottonmouth.Cite this
@misc{cottonmouth_2026,
title = {cottonmouth},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cottonmouth},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
