Prepared by combining ingredients; devised or fabricated, often something deceptive or elaborate.
From Latin 'concoctus,' past participle of 'concoquere,' meaning 'to cook together,' from 'con-' (together) and 'coquere' (to cook). The figurative sense of 'devising' developed from the idea of mixing ingredients.
Concoct perfectly captures how both cooking and scheming involve mixing disparate elements into something new. The word suggests that whether you're making soup or making trouble, the process is fundamentally the same - creative combination!
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