Word of the Day:
evocative
What It Means
That evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.
Evocative in Context
“Using loose but evocative language, one might say that player 2 is threatening to play R' if player 1 plays R.”
Did You Know?
From Latin ēvocātīvus (“pertaining to summoning”). By surface analysis, evoke + -ative.
Source and license
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