Pre-Roman recusant dancing (8)

I believe the answer is:

etruscan

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'pre-roman' is the definition.
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'recusant dancing' is the wordplay.
'dancing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'recusant' is an anagram of 'ETRUSCAN'.

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(Other definitions for etruscan that I've seen before include "Early Roman" , "Of ancient Tuscany" , "Old person" , "Pre-Roman Italian" , "Ancient Italian language" .)

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