evocative
adjective/ɪˈvɒkətɪv/
/ɪˈvɑːkətɪv/
(approving)- making you think of or remember a strong image or feeling, in a pleasant way
- evocative smells/sounds/music
- evocative of something Her new book is wonderfully evocative of village life.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEvocative is used with these nouns:- imagery
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin evocativus, from evocat- ‘called forth’, from the verb evocare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of, from’ + vocare ‘to call’.Definitions on the go
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