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cottonmouth

/kˈɑtənmˌaʊθ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
cot-ton-mouth
IPA
/kˈɑtənmˌaʊθ/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.

Uncountable

noun

A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From cotton + mouth.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cottonmouths (plural) cotton-mouth (alternative)

Derived Forms

cottonmouthed

Synonyms

dry mouth xerostomia water moccasin cottonmouth moccasin agkistrodon piscivorus

Questions

How do you pronounce cottonmouth?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɑtənmˌaʊθ/.
What does cottonmouth mean?
An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
Where does cottonmouth come from?
From cotton + mouth.

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