Within the context of this excerpt from act ii, scene i, of macbeth, what is the meaning of the word multitudinous? macbeth: whence is that knocking? how is't with me, when every noise appals me? what hands are here? ha, they pluck out mine eyes! will all great neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? no; this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red.