evocative

[ ih-vok-uh-tiv, ih-voh-kuh- ]
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adjective
  1. tending to evoke: The perfume was evocative of spring.

Origin of evocative

1
1650–60; <Latin ēvocātīvus, equivalent to ēvocāt(us) (see evoke, -ate1) + -īvus-ive

Other words from evocative

  • e·voc·a·tive·ly, adverb
  • e·voc·a·tive·ness, noun
  • non·e·voc·a·tive, adjective
  • un·e·voc·a·tive, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for evocative

evocative

/ (ɪˈvɒkətɪv) /


adjective
  1. tending or serving to evoke

Derived forms of evocative

  • evocatively, adverb
  • evocativeness, noun

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