# cottonmouth

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #84,121

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From cotton + mouth.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cottonmouth