Someone who is telegenic behaves confidently and looks attractive when they are on the television. The bright and telegenic Miss Foster is being paid around £90,000 a year for her exclusive deal. someone who is telegenic looks nice on television (tele- + -genic (as in photogenic))
telegenic
Hyphenation
te·le·gen·ic
Turkish pronunciation
telıcenîk
Pronunciation
/ˌteləˈʤenək/ /ˌtɛləˈʤɛnɪk/
Etymology
() From tele- + -genic
, by analogy with photogenic.