Where does “cottonmouth” come from?
cottonmouth (English) comes from English Cotton, from Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, from Middle English coton, from Old French cotoun, from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن, from Arabic قُطْن — cotton.
cottonmouth (English): An oral dryness often associated with certain...
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- An oral dryness often associated with certain...
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